Taxus wallichiana

Himalayan yew is in the yew or Taxaceae family and is native to the Himalayas and parts of south-east Africa. It is a low canopy tree or a shrub. It is sometimes treated as a sub-species of Taxus baccata.

• Leaves are flat , dark green above, paler below, apex pointed but not sharp, 1.5–2.7 cm long and 2 mm wide, slightly sickle-shaped, arranged spirally on the stem but with bases twisted to appear in 2 flat rows on either side of the stem, except on erect leading shoots where the spiral arrangement is more obvious.
• Species is dioecious, bearing male and female flowers on different plants; male cones are small, round, and yellow, 4 mm in diameter, on the undersides of the leaves, shedding their pollen in early spring; female flowers are solitary.
• The seed cone develops into a soft, bright red berry-like structure called an aril, circular and 1 cm across, open at the end and containing 1 seed 7 mm long.
• Bark is thin, reddish brown and scaly.