Torreya grandis var. yunnanensis
Japanese-Nutmeg
Torreya nucifera
(L.) Siebold & Zucc. Species
Looking for an openly licensed photograph…
- Botanical name
- Torreya nucifera
- Also known as
- Japanese Nutmeg Tree, Japanese-Nutmeg
- Family
- Taxaceae
- Genus
- Torreya
- Reference
- World Flora Online
How to grow Japanese-Nutmeg
We have not written a growing guide for this species yet.
GardenDecoded's botanical data covers every accepted species, but growing advice is written by hand rather than imported — so it exists only for the plants we have worked through so far. The botanical detail above is complete and sourced.
Other names for this plant
These names have all been used for Torreya nucifera but are no longer the accepted name. You may still meet them on old labels, in books, or in nursery catalogues.
Caryotaxus nucifera
Foetataxus nucifera
Podocarpus nuciferus
Taxodium nuciferum
Taxus nucifera
Torreya ascendens
Torreya fruticosa
Torreya igaensis
Torreya macrosperma
Torreya nucifera f. sphaerica
Torreya nucifera var. articulata
Torreya nucifera var. igaensis
Torreya nucifera var. macrosperma
Torreya nucifera var. radicans
Torreya nucifera var. sphaerica
Torreya unda
Tumion nuciferum
Others in Torreya
GardenDecoded is an educational gardening reference. Botanical data comes from World Flora Online and GBIF; growing guidance is our own. Always check a plant's toxicity and local invasiveness status before planting, and never eat or apply a plant based on this site alone.