Taxus wallichiana

RHS Plant Profile

Himalayan yew

Synonyms

Taxus baccata subsp. wallichiana
Taxus celebica (Warb.) H.L. Li
Taxus sumatrana

Family: Taxaceae
Native to GB/Ireland: No
Genus: Taxus are small evergreen trees or large shrubs of rounded habit, with dense, linear leaves, insignificant flowers and, on female plants, conspicuous fleshy red arils surrounding the solitary seeds
Name Status: Correct