The reservoir was decorated with pavilions and pagodas; cotton trees and erythrinas were planted along the blanks.
Bombax malabaricum- locally termed Sunbal or Silk Cotton Tree - native to Himalayas
Its floors were covered with bamboo mats in the spring and summer, and Bombax ceiba threads in the fall and winter.
The original Cantonese name of the village was believed to be based on a big tall cotton tree (Bombax malabaricum, Bombax ceiba 木棉樹) often covered with bright red blossoms at the time, hence red pillar (赤柱) in Hakka language.
La Ceiba | Bombax ceiba | Ceiba pentandra | Ceiba | ceiba | Bombax |
The banks of the beel are covered with dense stands of kash, babla, nol, dhol kolmi, simul, and date palm.