Natural Monument No. 398

English Walnut Tree of Gwangdeoksa Temple, Cheonan

천안 광덕사 호두나무

Estimated to be about 400 years old and 18.2 m tall. It splits into two trunks at 60 cm above ground, with chest-height circumferences of 2.75 m and 1.84 m.

Tree: English Walnut Juglans regia
Age: about 400 years (estimated)
Height: 18.2 m
Designated: 1998-12-23
Location: Gwangdeok-myeon, Cheonan-si, Chungcheongnam-do

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Story of this tree

The Man Who Brought the Walnut Is in the Goryeosa's Biographies of Treacherous Officials: The Gwangdeoksa Walnut and Yu Cheong-sin

Facts come from public records of the Korea Heritage Service and local governments. Original record (Korean)