Fruit Description: Olive-like, red fleshy seeds. They appear on female plants resembling small (up to 1") plums, a fleshy aril nearly surrounding the green seed.

Cephalotaxus harringtonii, commonly known as Korean plum yew, [2] Japanese plum-yew, [3] Harrington's cephalotaxus, [4] or cowtail pine, is a species of coniferous shrub or small tree in the family Taxaceae. It is native to Japan, but is occasionally utilised in western gardens and several cultivars exist for these purposes.

2023年3月8日 · Japanese plum yew plants are native to shaded wooded areas of Japan, northeast China, and Korea. Slow growers, the trees grow about a foot (31 cm.) per year. Well-maintained plum yew plants can live from 50 to 150 years. The genus name Cephalotaxus hails from the Greek ‘kephale,’ meaning head, and ‘taxus,’ meaning yew.

2018年6月5日 · The Japanese Plum Yew is an evergreen shrub known for its ornamental features and medicinal uses. Learn about its role in treating leukemia!

Like Common Yew, Japanese Plum Yew is a 'conifer' that does not bear cones but instead produces fleshy fruit that resemble a primitive berry. Botanically, these are actually naked seeds. The male and female flowers are produced on separate plants and so both must be present for the females to bear fruit.

Japanese plum-yew is an evergreen, needled shrub or small tree in the yew family (Taxaceae). The cultivar 'Prostrata' has a low growing spreading mounding habit. Its name is derived from the Greek words kephale and taxus meaning "head" and "yew" respectively, in reference to

2014年9月1日 · A flat-needled dioecious (separate male and female) conifer shrub with rich dark green coloration, the Japanese Plum Yew (Cephalotaxus harringtonia) is a great plant to fill the shadiest portions of your landscape. As an evergreen it provides year-round blessedly green interest even in the gloomiest months of winter, and female shrubs produce ...

The genus Cephalotaxus is commonly referred to as a Japanese Plum Yew because of their close resemblance to traditional yews (Taxus) and their edible plum-like fruit. Iseli Nursery only grows a select few cultivars of the species Cephalotaxus, harringtonia .

2025年1月28日 · Common name: Japanese Plum Yew, Chinese Plum Yew, Harrington Plum Yew, Plum Fruit Yew, Cows-tail pine. Family: Taxaceae (Yew) Synonym: Cephalotaxus harringtonia 'Drupaceae', Cephalotaxus sinensis. Distribution: China to Korea, Central and S Japan, Taiwan. Habitat: Broad-leafed, coniferous, and mixed forests, in understory; 3 …

The Japanese plum yew is a very slow growing tree[185] with an excellent potential as a food crop in Britain. It generally has a large crop of fruit and seeds, these are often eaten in Japan. In addition, the seeds seem to be immune to the predations of squirrels, the seed on trees growing at Kew Botanical gardens being untouched even though ...