Taxus canadensis Marshall |
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Botanical Name |
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Taxus canadensis Marshall |
English
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Canada Yew |
Synonym(s) |
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Taxus baccata Linnaeus subsp. canadensis (Marshall) Pilger; T. baccata var. minor Michaux; T. minor (Michaux) Britton; T. procumbens Loddiges |
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Taxaceae |
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General Info
| Description |
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Evergreen, coniferous shrub, up yo 1.5 m tall; branches dense, spreading; bark nearly smooth. The leaves are lanceolate, flat, dark green, 1-2.5 cm long and 1.5 mm broad, arranged in two flat rows either side of the. The seed cones are highly modified, each cone containing a single seed partly surrounded by a modified scale which develops into a soft, bright red berry-like structure called an aril, open at the end. |
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Abortifacient, analgesic, antirheumatic, antitumor, diaphoretic, diuretic, emmenagogue, febrifuge and pectoral (plant) |
Pharmacology
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To treat rheumatism, fevers, influenza, expelling afterbirth and dispelling clots (plant) |
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