Łódź, Park Matejki

Native to Japan, Korea, northeast China and the extreme southeast of Russia. Ornamental plant. Edible plant - fruits raw or made into jam, very sweet and gelatinous; all other parts of this plant, including the seeds, are highly poisonous! Herbal plant - yew trees contain the substance 'taxol' in their shoots and bark, which has shown exciting potential as an anti-cancer drug, particularly in the treatment of ovarian cancers - with extreme care; a compound used to treat diabetes is extracted from the wood, bark, leaves, and roots. Useful plant - the tree responds well to trimming and can be grown as a hedge.