Taxaceae
Japanese nutmeg-yew
Torreya nucifera
- Family
- Taxaceae
- Genus
- Torreya
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Common names
By language (13)
- Arabic
- تورية جوزة الطيب
- arz
- توريه جوزه الطيب
- Chinese
- 日本榧树, 日本榧樹, 日本榧, 日榧
- English
- Japanese nutmeg-yew, Japanese torreya, Japanese nutmeg tree
- German
- Japanische Nusseibe, Japanische Stinkeibe
- Hungarian
- Japán nagymagvú tiszafa, Kajafa, Kajamag, Kaya
- Japanese
- カヤ, カヤノキ, チャボガヤ
- Korean
- 비자나무
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Japansk nøttebarlind
- Polish
- Torreja orzechowa
- Portuguese
- Kaya
- Russian
- Торрея орехоносная, Кая
- Spanish
- Kaya
Synonyms
- Caryotaxus nucifera (L.) Zucc. ex Henkel & W.Hochst.
- Foetataxus nucifera (L.) J.Nelson
- Podocarpus nuciferus (L.) Loudon
- Taxodium nuciferum (L.) Brongn. ex Voigt
- Taxus nucifera L.
- Torreya ascendens Nakai ex Uyeki
- Torreya fruticosa Nakai
- Torreya igaensis Doi & Morik.
- Torreya macrosperma Miyoshi
- Torreya nucifera f. sphaerica (Kimura) Yonek.
- Torreya nucifera var. articulata Miyoshi
- Torreya nucifera var. igaensis (Doi & Morik.) Ohwi
- Torreya nucifera var. macrosperma (Miyoshi) Koidz.
- Torreya nucifera var. radicans Nakai
- Torreya nucifera var. sphaerica Kimura
- Torreya unda Miyoshi
- Tumion nuciferum (L.) Greene
Photos
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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.