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'''''Torreya nucifera''''' is a slow-growing [[Pinophyta|coniferous]] [[tree]] native to southern [[Japan]] and to [[South Korea]]'s [[Jeju Island]]. It is also called '''Japanese Nutmeg-yew'''. It grows to 15-25 m tall with a trunk up to 1.5 m diameter. The [[leaf|leaves]] are [[evergreen]], needle-like, 2-3 cm long and 3 mm broad, with a sharply spined tip and two whitish [[stomata]]l bands on the underside; they are spirally arranged but twisted at the base to lie horizontally either side of the stem. It is [[plant sexuality|subdioecious]], with individual trees producing either mostly male or mostly female [[conifer cone|cones]] but usually with at least some cones of the other sex present. The male cones are globular, 5-6 mm diameter, in a double row along the underside of a shoot. The female cones are borne in clusters of 3-8 together, maturing in 18–20 months to a single [[seed]] surrounded by a fleshy layer, 2 cm long and 1.5 cm broad. {{Inc| Torreya nucifera, Sieb. & Zucc. Tree, usually 30 ft., but occasionally 80 ft. high, with spreading branches, forming a compact head, sometimes shrubby: bark bright red: lvs. lanceolate, acuminate, rigid and spiny pointed, very dark green above, with 2 white lines beneath, 3/4 – 1 1/4 in. long and 1/8 – 1/6 in. broad: fr. obovoid-oblong, green, about 1 in. long. Japan. {{SCH}} }} ==Cultivation== {{edit-cult}}<!--- Type cultivation info below this line, then delete this entire line --> ===Propagation=== {{edit-prop}}<!--- Type propagation info below this line, then delete this entire line --> ===Pests and diseases=== {{edit-pests}}<!--- Type pest/disease info below this line, then delete this entire line --> ==Species== <!-- This section should be renamed Cultivars if it appears on a page for a species (rather than genus), or perhaps Varieties if there is a mix of cultivars, species, hybrids, etc --> ==Gallery== <gallery perrow=5> File:Torreya nucifera1.jpg File:Torreya nucifera2.jpg File:Torreya nucifera var. radicans 1.JPG|Var. radicans, tree, Aizu area, Fukushima pref., Japan File:Torreya nucifera var. radicans 2.JPG|Var. radicans, leaves, back side, Aizu area, Fukushima pref., Japan File:Torreya nucifera var. radicans 3.JPG|Var. radicans, pollen cones, Aizu area, Fukushima pref., Japan File:Torreya nucifera var. radicans 4.JPG|Var. radicans, seed cones, Aizu area, Fukushima pref., Japan </gallery> ==References== *[[Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture]], by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963 <!--- xxxxx *Flora: The Gardener's Bible, by Sean Hogan. Global Book Publishing, 2003. ISBN 0881925381 --> <!--- xxxxx *American Horticultural Society: A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, by Christopher Brickell, Judith D. Zuk. 1996. ISBN 0789419432 --> <!--- xxxxx *Sunset National Garden Book. Sunset Books, Inc., 1997. ISBN 0376038608 --> ==External links== *{{wplink}} {{stub}} __NOTOC__
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