If de la route de la Valière - La Membrolle sur Choisille, Centre - Exceptional Trees on Waymarking.com

[FR] Arbre sempervirent à port conique élargi, à croissance très lente. C’est le seul conifère sans résine et sans cône.
Son bois est dur, compact, utilisé en marqueterie. Beaucoup d’ifs disparurent après la guerre de Cent ans car ils servaient à la
fabrication des arcs. L’if est devenu rare à l’état naturel. Il est utilisé dans les parcs en art topiaire. On en extrait actuellement les taxanes qui sont des anticancéreux.

[EN] Evergreen tree with widened conical port(bearing), with very slow growth. It is the only conifer without resin and without cone.
Its wood is hard, compact, used in marquetry. Many yews disappeared after the Hundred Years' War because they were of use to the manufacturing of bows(arcs). The yew became rare in the natural state. It is used in parks in topiary art. We extract at present the taxanes from it which are anticancer agents.

Genus/Species: Taxaceae Height: 46 Girth: 7 Method of obtaining height: Reliable source Method of obtaining girth: Reliable source Location type: Other public property Historical significance: Age: Not Listed Planter: Not listed Website reference: Not listed Parking coordinates: Not Listed Walk time: Not Listed Photograpy coordinates: Not Listed

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Date Logged Log User Rating   11/23/2016 Tromel visited it