Small shrub in cultivation, growing to a medium-sized tree in the wild. Buds mostly 1-2 mm long. Leaves 5-9 cm long, well spaced, two-ranked, generally bending over and sickle-shaped, with a strong point.

Grows naturally in montane woodland of China.

Occasionally available in nurseries.

China.

Source: Spencer, R. (1995). Cephalotaxaceae. In: Spencer, R.. Horticultural Flora of South-eastern Australia. Volume 1, Ferns, conifers & their allies. The identification of garden and cultivated plants. University of New South Wales Press.