History and Vegetation of Malabar Forest

The front gate

Malabar City Forest is located in the village area Oro-Oro Dowo, Klojen with an area of ​​16.178 m2. In the days of the Dutch, this city forest is a vacant land used as a water catchment and children's playground from surrounding villages, in which there is a pond called "Bozem" that serves as a water reservoir from surrounding locations. On the east side, there is an evergreen plant that is when the wind blows the wind will cause "hissing", while on the west side, there is one type of saga tree that until this moment still standing in the plaza area I, and the rest are shrubs and grass.

Plasa I

The first name of Malabar City Forest is Kebon Rodjo often called Bon Rodjo. The reason is because the forest is used as a place to play ball and javelin throwing by children around the site. Over time, in 1999/2000, the city government began to fix the forest by adding tree reforestation of about 500 seedlings, comprising among others the tree bungur, local glodokan, glodokan pole, sono flowers, Albizia butho, and banyan.

Sono Keling

In 2013, the city government confirmed this location as Malabar City Forest , according to the name which is based on the location of the forest, Malabar Street, with mayor's decree no. 220/2013. Year after year continue to be pursued with the aim of adding open green spaces, the function of water conservation, water infiltration, and the lungs of the city, as a counterweight to the city environment as well as a refreshing recreation. Until now, tree planting efforts continue to be made either by the government, civilians, and universities. The latest data the number of trees about 1500 trees. There are more than 50 kinds of trees in the Malabar City Forest. Such as acacia, agave, dadap red, cinnamon, nutmeg, matoa, shelled, sono keling, cherry, guava, coconut, mango, lamtoro, kayu put, gembilina, genitu, and breadfruit.

A Photo Booth in Malabar City Forest