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Cephalotaxus fortunei
Also called Chinese Plum Yew, Fortune's Plum Yew, Chinese Cowtail Pine
Fortune's yew plum is a coniferous shrub or small tree from China and northern Burma, grown in gardens for its dense, glossy evergreen foliage. It is grown as a shrub or small tree outdoors rather than as a houseplant, and it tolerates shade well.
Cephalotaxus fortunei, commonly called the Chinese plum-yew, Fortune's yew plum, simply plum yew, Chinese cowtail pine or in Chinese as san jian shan (Chinese: 三尖杉; pinyin: sǎnjiānshān), is a coniferous shrub or small tree in the family Cephalotaxaceae. It is native to northern Burma and China, but is sometimes grown in western gardens where it has been in cultivation since 1848.
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The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
