Cephalotaxus koreana

Korean Plum Yew
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Pinophyta
Class: Pinopsida
Order: Pinales
Family: Cephalotaxaceae
Genus: Cephalotaxus
Species: C. koreana
Binomial name
Cephalotaxus koreana
Nakai

Cephalotaxus koreana, commonly called the Korean plum yew, is a coniferous shub or small tree in the plum yew family. It is native to Korea, Japan and northeast China. Some botanists consider it synonymous with C. harringtonia.

C. koreana contains catechin-7-O-glucoside.[1]

References

  1. Inhibitors of Osteoclast Differentiation from Cephalotaxus koreana. Kee Dong Yoon, Doc Gyun Jeong, Yun Ha Hwang, Jei Man Ryu and Jinwoong Kim, J. Nat. Prod., 2007, 70, pages 2029–2032, doi:10.1021/np070327e
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