In the college's Pococke garden sits an oriental plane tree, said to have grown from seeds planted in 1635.
From the au.news.yahoo.com
This hybrid between an American plane and the oriental plane first arose in Spain, c. 1650, and the original specimens are still living and very vigourous.
From the guardian.co.uk
Here, two gigantic oriental plane trees have layered themselves over a vast area, but the equally venerable tulip tree was a victim of the great storm of October 1987.