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Morphological characteristics of Taxus chinensis

Published: 2024-11-22 Author: mysheen
Last Updated: 2024/11/22, Evergreen trees, 30m in height and 1m in dry diameter. Leaves spirally alternate, base twisted into distichous, strip slightly curved, 1-2.5cm long, 2-2.5mm wide, leaf margin slightly retrorse, leaf apex acuminate, leaf back with 2 broad yellowish green or gray-green stomatal bands, dense convex spots on midvein, leaf margin green belt is very narrow, dioecious, male cones solitary in leaf axils, female ovules solitary on top of lateral short axis of upper rachis, with disk-shaped aril at base. The seed is oblate-ovoid, 2-angled, and the seed is egg.

Evergreen trees, 30m tall, trunk diameter to 1m. Leaves alternate spirally, base twisted into biseriate, strip slightly curved, 1-2.5cm long, 2-2.5mm wide, leaf margin slightly curved, leaf tip acuminate, leaf back with 2 broad yellow-green or gray-green stomatal bands, midvein densely with small bumps, leaf margin green band extremely narrow, dioecious, male cone solitary at leaf axil, female cone ovule solitary at top of lateral short axis of flower axis, base with discoid aril. Seeds compressed ovoid, 2-ribbed, seeds ovoid, aril cup-shaped, red.

 
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