108 thousand-year-old "divine trees" in Lam Dong recognized as heritage trees

On May 19, Bidoup - Nui Ba National Park ( Lam Dong ) announced that the population of 108 flat-leaf pine trees in the park has just been recognized as Vietnam Heritage Trees by the Vietnam Association for Conservation of Nature and Environment.

Mr. Nguyen Luong Minh, Deputy Director of Bidoup - Nui Ba National Park, said that the population of 108 flat-leafed pine trees is distributed in the forest area of ​​Da Chais commune, Lac Duong district, Lam Dong, and is 700-1,000 years old. These pine trees are called "divine trees" by the local people, and no one dares to encroach on them.

A population of 108 flat-leafed pine trees in Bidoup - Nui Ba National Park has been recognized as a Vietnam Heritage Tree (Photo: Van Minh).

According to Mr. Nguyen Luong Minh, the flat-leaf pine has the scientific name Pinus krempfii, this is an endemic and rare plant species. In Vietnam, the flat-leaf pine is found in several places such as: National Parks such as Chu Yang Sin (Dak Lak), Phuoc Binh National Park (Ninh Thuan), Bidoup - Nui Ba National Park.

In Bidoup - Nui Ba National Park alone, authorities recorded that the flat-leaf pine is distributed into two large populations in the forest areas of Lat commune and Da Chais commune (Lac Duong district).

Currently, the authorities have numbered the flat-leaf pine stumps, made records and put them on the watch list. Mr. Nguyen Luong Minh said that the flat-leaf pine is rare but this is a species that is difficult to transplant (plant elsewhere), so the authorities must carry out strict management and protection work.

A 1,000-year-old flat-leafed pine tree is called a "divine tree" by the K'Ho people. The tree is 30m tall and has a trunk diameter of nearly 3m (Photo: Minh Hau).

Bidoup - Nui Ba National Park (located in Lac Duong and Dam Rong districts, Lam Dong province) has a total area of ​​over 70,000 hectares, bordering Khanh Hoa, Ninh Thuan and Dak Lak provinces. The park has beautiful landscapes and is one of the centers of biodiversity in Vietnam.

According to statistics from the authorities, Bidoup - Nui Ba National Park has about 2,077 plant species, 131 mammal species, 304 bird species, 15 gymnosperm species, 302 orchid species...

In particular, the Heaven Gate area, within the administrative boundaries of Dam Rong district, Lam Dong province, has a population of flat-leaf pine trees from 500 to 1,100 years old. This place has an average altitude of 1,400-1,500m above sea level.

Source: https://dantri.com.vn/xa-hoi/108-cay-than-linh-nghin-nam-tuoi-o-lam-dong-duoc-cong-nhan-cay-di-san-20250519171733858.htm