A banana tree looks like it’s growing out of the road in Jembrana, West Bali.
The tree however, didn’t just happen to sprout out of the asphalt—it turns out the tree was planted there as a caution marker for a large pothole.
Using trees, plants, and other miscellaneous objects instead of orange cones and caution tape is a common, everyday practice in Indonesia.
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The makeshift markers usually are temporary and just put in place until the road is repaired.
One particular tree in Jembrana, however, has apparently been blocking a pothole for awhile, since local news reports of a tree marking damage in the same spot go back to at least January 2017—though those reports identify the plant as a cassava tree.
Local newspaper Tribun Bali reports that the road has yet to be fixed by the government, but their coverage seems to be prompting an update to the situation.
When contacted by Tribun, head of the regional public works department, I Wayan Darwin said his office had not yet received any reports about the broken road and promised to follow up on the matter.
