Sweet chestnut of Ovacık village explained

Sweet chestnut of Ovacık village
Species:Chestnut
Binomial:Castanea sativa
Location:Turkey
Height:18m
Girth:8.7m
Diameter:2.8m

Sweet chestnut of Ovacık village (Turkish: Ovacık Köyü Anadolu Kestanesi) is a very old chestnut tree in İzmir Province, western Turkey. It is a registered natural monument of the country.

The chestnut tree is located at Ovacık Highland close to Ovacık village in Kemalpaşa district of İzmir Province. It is a sweet chestnut (Castanea sativa). The tree is 18m (59feet) high, has a circumference of 8.7m (28.5feet) at 2.8m (09.2feet) diameter. Its age is dated to be about 500 years old.

The tree was registered a natural monument on February 21, 1995. The protected area of the plant covers 2500m2.