Korean Plum Yew | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Division: | Pinophyta |
Class: | Pinopsida |
Order: | Pinales |
Family: | Cephalotaxaceae |
Genus: | Cephalotaxus |
Species: | C. koreana |
Binomial name | |
Cephalotaxus koreana Nakai |
Cephalotaxus koreana, commonly called the Korean plum yew, is a coniferous shub or small tree in the plum yew family. It is native to Korea, Japan and northeast China. Some botanists consider it synonymous with C. harringtonii.
C. koreana contains catechin-7-O-glucoside.