ໄມ້ໂລງເລງຈີນ / Yunnan Catkin Yew
APA 6th ed. ໄມ້ໂລງເລງຈີນ / Yunnan Catkin Yew. (2021, February 18). Retrieved from https://www.phakhaolao.la/kb/0000212
MLA 8th ed. ໄມ້ໂລງເລງຈີນ / Yunnan Catkin Yew. Pha Khao Lao, 18 February 2021, https://www.phakhaolao.la/kb/0000212.
Chicago 17th ed. Pha Khao Lao. 2021. "ໄມ້ໂລງເລງຈີນ / Yunnan Catkin Yew." Published February 18, 2021. https://www.phakhaolao.la/kb/0000212.
Tree to 30 m tall and 0.8 m dbh with broad, irregular ovoid crown. Leafy branchlets ascending, broadly oblong ovate, axis green in 1st year. Leaves subsessile, dark green abaxially, broadly lanceolate, straight or slightly falcate, obtuse to tapered, 3.5–10.0 cm long, 0.8–1.5 cm wide, leathery, stomatal bands brown or pale yellowish–white when dry, 3–4 mm wide, marginal bands 1.5–2.0 mm wide. Pollen cones clustering 4–6 together, 10–15 cm long. Seed-bearing structures axillary, pedunculate, ovoid. Aril juicy, reddish–purple, glaucous, 2.2–3.0 cm long, 1.4–1.5 cm in diameter. Seed ellipsoid, shortly beaked at apex. Pollination April, seeds October. (Averyanov et al. 2014).
Wood white used for furniture. Seeds contain oil. Can be planted as a shade or decorative tree