Oldest Human-Planted Tree With a Known Planting Date

The sacred fig tree at Anuradhapura, grown from a cutting of the original Bodhi tree in India, was planted in 288 BC according to historical chronicles, making it the oldest tree in the world with a documented planting date. It has been continuously tended and revered by Buddhists for well over two thousand years. Guinness World Records recognizes it as the oldest known human-planted tree.