cephalotaxus fortunei seed
LATIN NAME: CEPHALOTAXUS FORTUNEI
COMMON NAME: Chinese Plum Yew, Fortune’s Plum Yew, Chinese Cowtail Pine
The Chinese plum yew is a handsome and historic conifer of the Chinese mountains, and its soft, dark-green foliage and its plum-like fruits have made it a treasure of the shaded garden. It grows as a coniferous shrub or small tree of the plum yew family, reaching up to ten metres, with a rounded or conical crown of soft, dark-green, yew-like, linear leaves, arranged in two ranks along the slender branchlets and, in the warm season, small, inconspicuous, cone-like structures, the plants being either male or female, followed, on the female plants, by the remarkable, olive-green or purplish, plum-like fruits, which hold a single large seed. It is a species of the plum yew family, native to northern Burma and China, and it has been in cultivation in the western gardens since the year 1848, while it is a handsome and historic conifer of the shaded garden.
Scientific Research & Plant Biotechnology
The Chinese plum yew has a genuine and distinguished place in both pharmacological and botanical research. It has been studied in chemistry and pharmacology, since the plant contains a range of alkaloid compounds, and the researchers have examined the content of the plant and the potential uses of its compounds, while the alkaloids of the plum yews have drawn attention in the international natural-product press as a subject of continuing research, and the chemistry of the family has been of considerable interest. The tree has also been studied in botany, since it is a member of the plum yew family, a distinctive group of the conifers, and the researchers have examined its classification and its relationships, while the study of the conifers and their many groups has been of continuing interest. The species has also been studied in horticulture, since it is a handsome and historic conifer of the shaded garden, prized for its soft, dark foliage, and its cultivation and its tolerance of the shade have been examined, while the parts of the plum yew contain alkaloid compounds and are not for the casual eating, and the tree is best kept for the garden and the study. For a tree of such beauty and such chemistry, the Chinese plum yew has a rich and distinguished record of research.
Ecological & Economic Value & Wide Applications
To grow the Chinese Plum Yew from seed, ecologically, the Chinese plum yew is a generous tree of the shaded forest. Its soft foliage gives shelter, and its plum-like fruits feed the birds and the small animals, while it is a handsome presence in the mountain forests of northern Burma and China. Its economic value is real and growing: the plant is a handsome and historic conifer of the shaded garden, and its alkaloid chemistry has drawn attention in the international natural-product press, while it is also valued in the collections of the conifers, and its cultivation in the gardens of the temperate world has been encouraged. To raise the Chinese plum yew, keep the seeds cold and damp in the fridge for a long spell, then sow them in pots of moist, gritty, free-draining compost in a cool, shaded spot, keep them lightly watered, and grow the little trees on in the shade.
keep the seeds cold and damp in the fridge for a long spell, then sow the young plum yews in pots of moist, gritty, free-draining compost in a cool, shaded spot, keep them lightly watered, and grow the little trees on in the shade.
LATIN NAME: Cephalotaxus fortunei
COMMON NAME: Chinese Plum Yew, Fortunes Plum Yew, Chinese Cowtail Pine
The Chinese plum yew is a handsome and historic conifer of the Chinese mountains, and its soft, dark-green foliage and its plum-like fruits have made it a treasure of the shaded garden. It grows as a coniferous shrub or small tree of the plum yew family, reaching up to ten metres, with a rounded or conical crown of soft, dark-green, yew-like, linear leaves, arranged in two ranks along the slender branchlets and, in the warm season, the small, inconspicuous, cone-like structures, the plants being either male or female, followed, on the female plants, by the remarkable, olive-green or purplish, plum-like fruits, which hold a single large seed. It is a species of the plum yew family, native to northern Burma and China, and it has been in cultivation in the western gardens since the year 1848, while it is a handsome and historic conifer of the shaded garden.
The Chinese plum yew belongs to the plum yew family, Cephalotaxaceae, and it is a coniferous shrub or small tree, native to northern Burma and China. It is known as the Chinese plum yew, the Fortunes plum yew, the Chinese cowtail pine or, in Chinese, the san jian shan, and it has been in cultivation in the western gardens since the year 1848.
Scientific Research & Plant Biotechnology
The Chinese plum yew has a genuine and distinguished place in both pharmacological and botanical research. It has been studied in the chemistry and the pharmacology, since the plant contains a range of the alkaloid compounds, and researchers have examined the content of the plant and the potential uses of its compounds, while the alkaloids of the plum yews have drawn attention in the international natural-product press as a subject of continuing research, and the chemistry of the family has been of considerable interest. The tree has also been studied in botany, since it is a member of the plum yew family, a distinctive group of the conifers, and researchers have examined its classification and its relationships, while the study of the conifers and their many groups has been of continuing interest, and the plum yew family and its place among the conifers has been examined. The species has also been studied in horticulture, since it is a handsome and historic conifer of the shaded garden, prized for its soft, dark foliage, and its cultivation and its tolerance of the shade have been examined. For a tree of such beauty and such chemistry, the Chinese plum yew has a rich and distinguished record of research.
Ecological & Economic Value & Wide Applications
Ecologically, the Chinese plum yew is a generous tree of the shaded forest. Its soft foliage gives shelter, and its plum-like fruits feed the birds and the small animals, while it is a handsome presence in the mountain forests of northern Burma and China.
Its economic value is real and growing. The plant is a handsome and historic conifer of the shaded garden, and its alkaloid chemistry has drawn attention in the international natural-product press, while it is also valued in the collections of the conifers, and its cultivation in the gardens of the temperate world has been encouraged. For a grower, the Chinese plum yew is a rewarding and historic tree, and for a gardener with a shaded spot it brings soft, dark foliage and plum-like fruits. The seeds need a spell of cold and a little patience — remove the flesh, keep the seeds in damp compost in the fridge for about three months, then sow them in a pot of moist, gritty, free-draining compost in a cool, shaded spot, and theyll sprout slowly, growing on into a handsome, soft-foliaged conifer.