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Cephalotaxus hainanensis
Hainan plum-yew is a conifer tree from southern China and Southeast Asia, growing 10 to 20 m tall in shaded montane forests. It is rarely grown as a garden plant, and it is most often seen in cultivation as a shade-tolerant specimen tree in mild, humid climates.
Cephalotaxus hainanensis is a species of conifer in the family Cephalotaxaceae, known by the common name Hainan plum-yew. It is native to southern China (Hainan, Guangdong, Guangxi, and Yunnan), southeastern Tibet, and Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam in northern Indochina.
This species grows in warmer temperate and subtropical montane rainforests. It inhabits mixed forests and forested ravines from 800–1,200 m (2,600–3,900 ft) elevation. It is sometimes a dominant species in the local ecosystem.
C. hainanensis is suggested to have antileukemia activity, and is widely used as an herbal remedy in China. Exploitation of the bark and leaves is a potential threat to this species. Logging has historically been a cause of its decline, but as logging is no longer allowed on Hainan, much of the pressure is currently from illegal harvesting for Chinese remedies.
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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.
