Taxus baccata
Yew

- Family: Taxaceae
- Origen: native to Europe, Asia and North Africa

Tree or shrub that branches from the base, with a reddish-brown bark.

The leaves are acicular, not pointy, flattened, 1.2-3 x 0.3 centimetres long, subdistally spiral.

It is a dioecious plant. The male nodes produce male inflorescences in the axils of the leaves, with 6 to 14 stamens and a bract at the base. The female nodes have solitary female flowers, also situated in the axils of the leaves.

The ovule is surrounded by bracts. The seeds are surrounded by a fleshy red, orange or yellow aril, up to 1 centimetre in diameter.

Source: Rosalía de Castro Park Botanical Guide