Cephalotaxus oliveri seed

LATIN NAME: Cephalotaxus oliveri

COMMON NAME: Oliver’s Plum Yew

Oliver’s plum yew is a neat, slow-growing, evergreen shrub or small tree of the warm woodlands, and its fine, linear, glossy, dark-green leaves and its small, inconspicuous flowers, followed by the small, olive-like, fleshy fruits, have made it a treasured and elegant conifer of the shaded garden. It grows as a neat, slow-growing, evergreen shrub or a small tree, reaching up to five metres or more, with the upright, branching, spreading stems bearing the opposite, linear, flattened, glossy, dark-green leaves in two ranks and, through the spring, the small, inconspicuous flowers, followed by the small, round, olive-like, fleshy, greenish fruits of the single seeds. It is a species of the ancient conifer in the plum yew family, and it is native to the warm woodlands of the central and the southern China, while it is grown as a treasured ornamental conifer, and it is known as Oliver’s plum yew.

Oliver’s plum yew belongs to the plum yew family, Cephalotaxaceae, and it is a species of the evergreen shrub or the small tree, native to the warm woodlands of the central and the southern China, while it is grown as a treasured ornamental conifer, and it is known as Oliver’s plum yew. It is prized for its fine, linear, glossy, dark-green leaves.

Scientific Research & Plant Biotechnology

Oliver’s plum yew has a real and distinguished place in the research. It has been studied in the botany and the conservation science, since it is a treasured and increasingly protected conifer of the region, and researchers have examined its relationships, its distribution and its place among the ancient conifers, while the study of the rare conifers has drawn attention in the international botanical and conservation press as a conifer of the region. The plant has also been studied in the chemistry of the natural products, since the parts of the plum yews contain a range of the potent compounds that have been of the greatest interest in the research, and researchers have examined these constituents, while the chemistry of the plum yew family has been of continuing interest across the world, and the plant is best appreciated as a subject of study and a fine garden conifer rather than a casual remedy. The species has also been studied in the horticulture, since its fine, linear, glossy leaves have made it a treasured and elegant conifer of the shaded garden, and researchers have examined its growth and its cultivation, while the growing of the plum yew in the shaded garden has been of continuing interest, and its fine, glossy, evergreen foliage has been of value. For a conifer of such fine form, Oliver’s plum yew has a rich and continuing record of study.

Ecological & Economic Value & Wide Applications

Ecologically, Oliver’s plum yew is a generous conifer of the garden. Its small, inconspicuous flowers feed the insects, and its small, olive-like, fleshy fruits feed the birds and the wildlife, while its fine, glossy, evergreen growth gives a fine cover and a shelter to the birds.

Its economic value is real. Oliver’s plum yew is treasured for its fine, glossy, evergreen form, and its value has drawn attention in the international botanical and conservation press as a conifer of the region, while its fine, dense, glossy foliage has made it a treasured conifer of the shaded garden and the botanic collection. Because the wild tree is increasingly rare and protected, it is best grown with the greatest care. For a grower, Oliver’s plum yew is a rewarding and treasured conifer, and for a gardener it brings a glossy, linear-leaved, evergreen conifer to the shaded garden. The seeds are easy to start — give them a period of cold, damp storage in the fridge, then sow them just below the surface of a pot of moist, free-draining soil, keep them gently watered, and they’ll be sprouting steadily, growing on into a glossy, linear-leaved, evergreen conifer.

Uses: medicine. Ornamental