Forest of Japanese Torreyas near Nogudan House, Haenam

The Japanese Torreya grows south of Naejangsan Mountain in Korea, and also in Japan. Its leaves are thick, small and pointed at the tip. Its flowers open widely in spring, and its long, round fruit ripens in the autumn of the following year. The tree's attractive shape means it is widely used for ornamental planting, and its fruit is used as a vermifuge, a treatment for constipation, or pressed for oil. The Forest of Japanese Torreyas near Nogudan House, Haenam, stands on the hill behind the shrine of the founding ancestor of the Haenam Yun clan, and the trees are estimated to be about 530 years old. An ancestor of the Yun clan left the injunction that "if the rock on the hill behind is exposed, this village will fall into poverty," and his descendants worked hard to protect the forest, so that it has survived in its present form to this day. The Forest of Japanese Torreyas near Nogudan House, Haenam, is a man-made forest created by earlier generations and, being of high cultural and biological conservation value, is designated and protected as a Natural Monument.

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Where it is

Region

Haenam, Jeonnam & Gwangju

Designation

Natural Monument · 천연기념물