Natural Monument No. 318

Japanese Pagoda Tree of Yuktong-ri, Wolseong

월성 육통리 회화나무

Known to be about 400 years old. Legend has it that about 600 years ago, in the reign of King Gongmin of Goryeo (1351-1374), a young man of the village planted this tree before going off to fight invaders and asked his parents to look after it like their own child (the source text breaks off here). It is 19.0 m tall with a breast-height girth of 6.5 m.

Tree

Japanese Pagoda Tree Styphnolobium japonicum

Age

about 400 years (estimated)

Height

19 m

Girth

6.5 m

Designated

1982-11-09

Location

Angang-eup, Gyeongju-si, Gyeongsangbuk-do