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
- ↑ 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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