The Vietnam Association for Conservation of Nature and Environment Thursday certified an age-old evergreen coniferous tree on the upper Khe Bu River in the central Nghe An province as a “Vietnam Heritage Tree.”
The Cunninghamia konishii hayata in the Pu Mat National Park
The Cunninghamia konishii hayata in Con Cuong District is 70 m high and boasts a trunk more than 5.5 m in diameter. But part of its trunk and root has lain rotten.
Due to its age and scarcity, the tree should be preserved for genes research and development, said Tran Xuan Cuong, deputy director of the Pu Mat National Park.
Called May Pec by local ethnic Thai people, the tree has been growing well, producing sparse conical-shaped canopy.
It takes visitors one day to walk and cross streams to see this heritage up close in the national park