Can be used in architecture, high-grade furniture, interior decoration, vehicles, pens and so on. The oil content of seeds is high.

Garden value

Suitable for solitary planting in the corner of the garden, or at the doorway or intersection on the shady side of the building, clustered on the hillside, lawn, pool and forest edge. Suitable for middle and lower tree species and various coniferous and broad-leaved tree species in scenic spots. European pea trees are used as plastic hedges outside China.

Medicinal value

Insect repellent, food retention, anti-cancer, and seeds are used as medicines. Indications: dyspepsia and ascariasis.

Morphological characteristics:

Trees, up to 30 meters high, DBH 60 ~ 100 cm; The bark is grayish brown, reddish brown or dark brown, which splits into strips and falls off; Big branches, annual branches are green or yellow-green, turn green or reddish brown in autumn, and second-and third-year branches are yellow-brown, reddish brown or grayish brown; Winter buds are yellow-brown, light-brown or reddish-brown, shiny, with triangular-ovate bud scales, no ridges or longitudinal ridges on the back, falling off or a few remaining at the base of branchlets. Leaves are arranged in two rows, strip-shaped, slightly curved or straight, with a length of 1 ~ 3 (mostly 1.5 ~ 2.2) cm and a width of 2 ~ 4 (mostly 3) mm. The upper part is slightly narrow, the apex is often slightly sharp, sparse and sharp or tapering, the upper part is dark green and shiny, and the lower part is yellow green with two pores. Male cones are pale yellow, with 8 ~ 14 stamens and 4 ~ 8 anthers (mostly 5 ~ 6). Seeds are born in a cup-shaped red fleshy aril, or occasionally in a nearly membranous disk receptacle (that is, a receptacle that has not developed into a fleshy aril). They are usually oval, narrow in the upper part, sparsely obovate, 5-7 mm long, 3.5-5 mm in diameter, slightly flat or round, with two blunt ridges in the upper part, three blunt ridges in the upper part of the triangle and short blunt tips at the top.

Growing environment:

Taxus chinensis var. mairei var. mairei in China is one of the endemic components in subtropical to warm temperate zones in China, which is often distributed in broad-leaved forests. Shade-tolerant trees like warm and humid climate and generally grow in humid places in the hinterland of the foot of the mountain. It naturally grows in acidic soil rich in humus, such as valleys, streams and gentle slopes below 1000m or 1500m above sea level, and requires that yellow soil, yellow brown soil, neutral soil and calcareous soil with high fertility can also grow. Drought-resistant and barren, not resistant to low-lying water. Strong adaptability to climate, the annual average temperature 1 1 ~ 16℃, and the lowest extreme value can reach-1 1℃. Strong germination ability, sprouting twigs are common on the trunk, but the growth is slow. Less pests and diseases, long service life.

Distribution range:

It is located in the south of the Yangtze River valley in China, and it is scattered. Guiyang is mainly distributed in Huaxi, Wudang, Kaiyang and Xifeng. Anhui Province is mainly distributed in Shimen Township, Shexian County, Huangshan City and huangshan district. Baishanzu National Nature Reserve in Zhejiang Province is also widely distributed, among which Sandui Village in baishanzu Town of Qingyuan and Xiaoxi River Basin in Yingchuan Town of Jingning are the most.