Taxaceae
California nutmeg
Torreya californica
- Family
- Taxaceae
- Genus
- Torreya
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Common names
By language (13)
- Arabic
- تورية كاليفورنية
- arz
- توريه كاليفورنيه
- Chinese
- 加州榧, 加州榧树
- Czech
- Toreja kalifornská
- Danish
- Californisk Nøddetaks
- Dutch
- Californische torreya
- English
- California nutmeg, California torreya, Stinking cedar
- French
- Muscadier de Californie
- German
- Kalifornische Nusseibe
- Hungarian
- Kaliforniai nagymagvú tiszafa
- Japanese
- アメリカガヤ
- Polish
- Torreja kalifornijska
- Slovenian
- Kalifornijska toreja
Synonyms
- Caryotaxus myristica (Hook.) Henkel & W.Hochst.
- Foetataxus myristica (Hook.) J.Nelson
- Torreya myristica Hook.
- Tumion californicum (Torr.) Greene
- Tumion californicum var. littoralis Lemmon
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
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Photo: Sandy__R from Scotland, UK, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Sandy__R from Scotland, UK, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
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Photo: Cbarlow, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Cbarlow, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Cbarlow, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Cbarlow, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.