Taxaceae
Florida nutmeg
Torreya taxifolia
- Family
- Taxaceae
- Genus
- Torreya
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Common names
By language (8)
- Arabic
- تورية طقسوسية الأوراق
- arz
- توريه طقسوسية الاوراق
- Catalan
- Torreia de Florida
- Chinese
- 佛羅里達榧樹, 佛罗里达榧树, 美洲榧树
- Czech
- Toreja tisolistá
- English
- Florida nutmeg, Florida nutmeg tree, Florida torreya, Gopherwood, Stinking cedar
- German
- Eibenblättrige Nusseibe
- Hausa
- Taxifolia na Torreya
Synonyms
- Caryotaxus taxifolia (Arn.) Henkel & W.Hochst.
- Foetataxus montana (Nutt.) J.Nelson
- Foetataxus taxifolia (Arn.) K.Koch
- Taxus montana Nutt.
- Tumion taxifolium (Arn.) Greene
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
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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.