Yew — Photo: “Taxus baccata tree” by Sitomon, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 2.0 Resized by Vanagrha; shared under the same licence.

Yew

ടാക്സസ് ബക്കാട്ട

Taxus baccata L.

light: Sun–part
water: Medium
tall: 14 m
wide: 6.1 m

Taxaceae

Also called Common Yew, European Yew

Formerly Cephalotaxus adpressa, Cephalotaxus brevifolia, Cephalotaxus tardiva, Taxus adpressa, and 13 more

When it flowers

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Not known yet in the tropics: too few flowering observations to read a season from.

PetsNC State Extension lists it as toxic to dogs, cats and horses (25 Oct 2026)

PeopleNC State Extension lists it as very poisonous (bark, leaves, seeds, stems) (25 Oct 2026)

If a child, a pet or anyone may have eaten a plant, contact a doctor or vet straight away, or call the National Poisons Information Centre (AIIMS, New Delhi) on 1800 116 117, free and open 24 hours.

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About it

Grows as: TreeKew's checklist, not yet checked
Climate: TemperateKew's checklist, not yet checked
Wild in: Azores, Europe to N. Iran, NW. AfricaKew's checklist, not yet checked
Light: Full sun to part shade (3 h or more)Read from NC State Extension, one source
Height: 9.1 m to 18 mRead from NC State Extension, one source
Spread: 4.6 m to 7.6 mRead from NC State Extension, one source
Water: Average: moist, well drainedRead from NC State Extension, one source
Coldest it survives: -23.3 °C (USDA zone 6a)Read from NC State Extension, one source

Not known yet: flowers, heat, hottest it survives.

In other languages (11)

Italian: tasso
German: Eibe, Gewöhnliche Eibe
French: if, If, If commun
Dutch: Taxus, taxus
Asturian: texu
Czech: tis červený
American English: English yew
Finnish: euroopanmarjakuusi
Slovenian: navadna tisa, tisa
Chinese: 欧洲红豆杉
Malayalam: ടാക്സസ് ബക്കാട്ട

Where this comes from

Wikidata, read 2026-10-26, CC0-1.0
Kew's checklist, read 2026-10-24, CC-BY-4.0
NC State Extension, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
Wikimedia Commons, read 2026-10-25, CC BY-SA 2.0
3D model: Taxus baccata (built for Vanagrha) by Vanagrha, own

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