A tree of endangered Taxus Chinensis species was found during a census of ancient tress in central China’s Hunan Province on November 6, 2015. It is believed to be more than 1,300 years old. This tree ...

Anti-cancer yew trees, Taxus, found in Arunanchal Pradesh are suffering from the cancer of over-exploitation and are under threat of disappearance in the absence of regulation, researchers point out.

THIS romantic but rather sombre tree has for long ages been connected in simple country minds with superstitious stories of illness and death. All the old authorities on trees have lurid tales to tell ...

MONGPU: The Directorate of Cinchona and Other Medicinal Plants (DCOMP) will begin commercial cultivation of ‘Taxus baccata,’ a plant that produces component for an anti-cancer drug, Taxol. MONGPU: The ...