Sarv-e Abarkuh

{{short description|Exceptionally old cypress tree in Yazd province, Iran}}

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| name = Cypress of Abarkuh

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| image_caption = Sarv-e Abar Kuh

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| native_name ={{native name|fa|سرو ابرکوه}}

| species = Mediterranean cypress

| binomial = Cupressus sempervirens

| location = Abarkuh, Yazd, Iran

| height = {{cvt|25|m|ftin}}

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| coordinates = {{coord|31.12264|53.27984|type:landmark_region:XX|display=inline,title}}

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The Cypress of Abarkuh ({{langx|fa|سرو ابرکوه}} Sarv-e Abarkuh), also called the Zoroastrian Sarv,{{cite encyclopedia|encyclopedia=Encyclopædia Iranica|title=Cypress|url=http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/cypress-sarv-cupressus-tourn|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171117034412/http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/cypress-sarv-cupressus-tourn |archive-date=2017-11-17 }} is a Persian cypress (Cupressus sempervirens) tree in Abarkuh in Yazd Province of Iran. It is protected by the Cultural Heritage Organization of Iran as a national natural monument and is a major tourist attraction with a height of {{convert|25|m|ftin}} and with a perimeter of {{convert|11.5|m|ftin}} at its trunk and {{convert|18|m|ftin}} higher up around its branches. It is estimated to be over four millennia old and is likely the oldest living lifeform in Asia.{{Cite web|url=http://www.earthwatchers.org/en/drkhtkriEN.html|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130117050807/http://www.earthwatchers.org/en/drkhtkriEN.html|url-status=dead|title=Earth watchers Center|archivedate=January 17, 2013}}

According to legend, the tree was planted by Zoroaster, the founder of the Zoroastrian religion. It is said that Zoroaster left to spread his teachings to an Iranian city towards Balkh and met Shah Vishtaspa. He stopped at Abarkuh and supposedly planted this tree.{{Cite web |url=http://untoldpersia.com/ContentView/Pid/40365/title/Cypress-of-Abarkooh----Iran |title=Cypress of Abarkooh Iran |website=untoldpersia.com |language=en-US |access-date=2018-01-21}}