Nagi (Nageia nagi)

Family: Podocarpaceae | Edibility: Edible (1/5)

Bloom Color: Yellow. Main Bloom Time: Early spring, Late spring, Mid spring. Form: Oval, Pyramidal, Upright or erect.

Edible Parts & Harvest Seasons

Edible Parts: Leaves

Harvest Seasons: Early Summer, Fall, Late Summer, Spring

Flavor & Culinary Uses

Young leaves are occasionally parboiled and eaten. The seeds yield an edible oil which is also used in industry. — Young leaves are occasionally parboiled and eaten.; The seeds yield an edible oil which is also used in industry.

Habitat & North American Range

Mountains in C. and S. Japan. Evergreen broad-leaved and Quercus forests, forests on dry mountainsides, thickets, along streams at elevations of 200 - 1200 metres in China. (Zone 9)