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Anglojapanese Yew (Taxus x media)
Family: Taxaceae | Edibility: Edible (3/5)
Bloom Color: Green, Yellow. Main Bloom Time: Early spring, Late spring, Mid spring. Form: Pyramidal.
Edible Parts & Harvest Seasons
Edible Parts: Fruit, Berries
Harvest Seasons: Early Summer, Fall, Late Summer
Flavor & Culinary Uses
sweet and gelatinous, most people find it delicious though some find it sickly. — Very sweet and gelatinous, most people find it delicious though some find it sickly.; The fruit is a fleshy berry about 10mm in diameter and containing a single seed.; All other parts of this plant, including the seed, are highly poisonous.; When eating the fruit you should spit out the large seed found in the fruit's centre.
Habitat & North American Range
Not known in the wild. (Zone 4, Zone 5, Zone 6, Zone 7)