On July 28, staff at Sun Yat-sen's former residence harvested ripe pods from the tamarind tree planted by the revolutionary leader himself in 1883. With recent ripening of tamarind pods, collected seeds are being used for sapling propagation.

Located 500 meters behind the residence, a farm cultivates potted plants for landscape use alongside a tamarind sapling nursery. In the adjacent greenhouses, seeds harvested this year are being nurtured in containers for future plantings.

Over the past decade, saplings propagated from the tamarind tree have been planted in many places, where they thrive as urban green assets embodying historical legacy and national identity. 

The saplings now grace landmarks including the Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall in Guangzhou, the Memorial Museum of Generalissimo Sun Yat-sen's Mansion, the Whampoa Military Academy Memorial Hall, and other memorial sites, schools and parks in Guangzhou and Zhongshan. Saplings had also been sent to the Sun Yat Sen Nanyang Memorial Hall in Singapore.

The original tree, grown from seeds Sun Yat-sen brought from Honolulu in 1883 and personally planted, was recognized as a national first-class ancient tree in 2006 and featured in China's authoritative ancient tree registry.