Common Names
Taxonomic notes
Very similar to C. mannii and placed in synonymy under that species by some authors (1).Description
Tree to 21.3 m tall. Needles 5-7.5 cm long, 3 mm wide (1).Range
China: Hainan Island, thus tropical. USDA Zone 9 (1).Big Tree
Oldest
Dendrochronology
Ethnobotany
Seriously threatened in its home range due to logging for lumber and bark stripping for its content of anticancer alkaloids (1).Observations
Remarks
Citations
(1) Kim E. Tripp. 1995. Cephalotaxus: the plum yews. Arnoldia 55(1): 24-39.See also:
H.L. Li. 1953. Lloydia 16(3):164.
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Last modified on 24-May-1999