Taxaceae
Chinese nutmeg tree
Torreya grandis
- Family
- Taxaceae
- Genus
- Torreya
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Common names
By language (3)
- Chinese
- 了木榧, 凹叶榧, 圆榧, 大圆榧, 小果榧, 小果榧树, 栾泡榧, 榧
- English
- Chinese nutmeg tree, Chinese torreya
- German
- Große Nusseibe, Chinesische Nusseibe
Synonyms
- Caryotaxus grandis (Fortune ex Lindl.) Henkel & W.Hochst.
- Torreya grandis f. major Hu
- Torreya grandis f. non-apiculata Hu
- Torreya grandis var. chingii Hu
- Torreya grandis var. dielsii Hu
- Torreya grandis var. merrillii Hu
- Torreya grandis var. sargentii Hu
- Torreya nucifera var. grandis (Fortune ex Lindl.) Pilg.
- Tumion grande (Fortune ex Lindl.) Greene
- Tunion grande (Fortune ex Lindl.) Greene
Photos
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Photo: Megustanlasframbuesas, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons ![Chinese nutmeg tree: 榧樹 Torreya grandis [上海植物園 Shanghai Botanical Garden]](https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/%E6%A6%A7%E6%A8%B9_Torreya_grandis_-%E4%B8%8A%E6%B5%B7%E6%A4%8D%E7%89%A9%E5%9C%92_Shanghai_Botanical_Garden-_%2817178428740%29.jpg/500px-%E6%A6%A7%E6%A8%B9_Torreya_grandis_-%E4%B8%8A%E6%B5%B7%E6%A4%8D%E7%89%A9%E5%9C%92_Shanghai_Botanical_Garden-_%2817178428740%29.jpg)
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Photo: Fumikas Sagisavas, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons
![Chinese nutmeg tree: 榧樹 Torreya grandis [上海植物園 Shanghai Botanical Garden]](https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/%E6%A6%A7%E6%A8%B9_Torreya_grandis_-%E4%B8%8A%E6%B5%B7%E6%A4%8D%E7%89%A9%E5%9C%92_Shanghai_Botanical_Garden-_%2817178428740%29.jpg/1280px-%E6%A6%A7%E6%A8%B9_Torreya_grandis_-%E4%B8%8A%E6%B5%B7%E6%A4%8D%E7%89%A9%E5%9C%92_Shanghai_Botanical_Garden-_%2817178428740%29.jpg)
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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). About our plant data.