Torreya nucifera

Torreya nucifera

Taxobox
name = "Torreya nucifera"
status = LR/lc | status_system = IUCN2.3



image_width = 240px
image_caption = "Torreya nucifera" foliage
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Pinophyta
classis = Pinopsida
ordo = Pinales
familia = Taxaceae (Cephalotaxaceae)
genus = "Torreya"
species = "T. nucifera"
binomial = "Torreya nucifera"
binomial_authority = (L.) Siebold & Zucc.

"Torreya nucifera" is a slow-growing coniferous tree native to southern Japan. It is also called nihongo|Kaya|榧 or Japanese Nutmeg-yew. But some of the trees have grown in Jeju island of South Korea which is the most sothern part of the Korean peninsula. However, the status of whole forest is not proven taken by Japanese or its territory. From this, it can be assumed that Torreya nucifera is also origin to Korea. [p.482 , "우리가 정말 알아야 할 우리 나무 백 가지"(100 trees we should "really" know), 1995-2-28 ISBN 8932308306]

It grows to 15-25 m tall with a trunk up to 1.5 m diameter. The leaves are evergreen, needle-like, 2-3 cm long and 3 mm broad, with a sharply spined tip and two whitish stomatal bands on the underside; they are spirally arranged but twisted at the base to lie horizontally either side of the stem. It is subdioecious, with individual trees producing either mostly male or mostly female cones but usually with at least some cones of the other sex present. The male cones are globular, 5-6 mm diameter, in a double row along the underside of a shoot. The female cones are borne in clusters of 3-8 together, maturing in 18-20 months to a single seed surrounded by a fleshy layer, 2 cm long and 1.5 cm broad.

Uses

Its wood is prized for the construction of Go boards because of its beautiful yellow-gold color, fine and uniform ring texture, and the sonic quality of the click of a stone on its surface. The tree is protected in Japan because of its scarcity due to past over-cutting. Ancient kaya trees have to die before they can be harvested to make thick kaya Go boards, which makes them extremely expensive; the finest ones can cost over $19,000. Shin-kaya ('new kaya' in Japanese), imitation kaya, is usually Alaskan White Spruce and has become somewhat popular for cheaper equipment due to the scarcity of Kaya trees. Go bowls can also be made of kaya.

The seeds are edible, and also pressed for their vegetable oil content.

References

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External links

* [http://www.pinetum.org/sp/TOnucifera.htm Arboretum de Villardebelle - "Torreya nucifera"]


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