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| latin_name = ''Torreya californica''
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'''''Torreya californica''''' is species of [[Pinophyta|conifer]] [[endemic (ecology)|endemic]] to [[California]], occurring in the [[Pacific Coast Ranges]] and the foothills of the [[Sierra Nevada (U.S.)|Sierra Nevada]]. It is commonly known as '''California Torreya''' or '''California Nutmeg''' (although not closely related to true [[nutmeg]]).
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[[File:Torreya californica branch PAN 03.JPG|thumb|left|Young torreya shoots in [[PAN Botanical Garden in Warsaw|PAN Botanical Garden]] in [[Warsaw]], [[Poland]] ]]
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It is an [[evergreen]] [[tree]] growing to 15-25 m tall, with a trunk diameter of 0.5-1 m (exceptionally 2 m); the crown is conical in overall shape, with whorled branches. The [[leaf|leaves]] are needle-like, stiff, sharp pointed, 3-5&nbsp;cm long and 3&nbsp;mm broad; they are arranged spirally but twisted at the base to lie flat either side of the shoots. The male ([[pollen]]) [[conifer cone|cones]] are 5-7&nbsp;mm long, grouped in lines along the underside of a shoot. The female ([[seed]]) cones are single or grouped 2-5 together on a short stem; minute at first, they mature in about 18 months to a [[drupe]]-like structure with the single large [[nut (fruit)|nut]]-like seed 2.5-4&nbsp;cm long surrounded by a fleshy covering, dark green to purple at full maturity in the fall.
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Torreya californica, Torr. (T. Myristica, Hook. f. Tumion californicum, Greene). California Nutmeg. Tree, attaining 70 or occasionally 100 ft., with spreading, slightly pendulous branches, forming a pyramidal or, in old age, round-topped head: bark grayish brown, tinged with orange: lvs. linear, slightly falcate, acuminate, lustrous and dark green above, 1 – 3 1/2 in. long: fr. oblong-oval or oval, light green, streaked with purple, 1-1 1/2 in. long. Calif. S.S. 10:513. B.M. 4780. F.S. 9:925. G.C. II. 24:553; III. 5:800, 801. R.H. 1875, pp. 76, 77; 1879, pp. 171, 172.
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Torreya californica, Torr. (T. Myristica, Hook. f. Tumion californicum, Greene). California Nutmeg. Tree, attaining 70 or occasionally 100 ft., with spreading, slightly pendulous branches, forming a pyramidal or, in old age, round-topped head: bark grayish brown, tinged with orange: lvs. linear, slightly falcate, acuminate, lustrous and dark green above, 1 – 3 1/2 in. long: fr. oblong-oval or oval, light green, streaked with purple, 1-1 1/2 in. long. Calif.
 
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File:Torreya californica branch PAN 01.JPG|Branch; [[PAN Botanical Garden in Warsaw]], [[Poland]]
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File:Torreya californica branch PAN 02.JPG|Branch; [[PAN Botanical Garden in Warsaw]], [[Poland]]
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File:Torreya californica branch PAN 03.JPG|Branch; [[PAN Botanical Garden in Warsaw]], [[Poland]]
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File:Torreya californica PAN tree.JPG|Tree; [[PAN Botanical Garden in Warsaw]], [[Poland]]
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