Old Tree Officially Recognized as Part of National Heritage

A two-century old babul tree in the south of Iran was registered on the national heritage list, the director of the office of Iran's Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Organization in Bushehr Province said.
"The tree, located in the Bahmani district of the port city of Bushehr, was registered as the oldest babul tree in the country," Naser Amirzadeh said in a talk with IRNA on Monday.
Estimated to be 200-250 years old, the tree is 19 meters tall, he said.