Write a short note on himalayan yew.
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Himalayan yew is also known as Taxus wallichiana. It is a native of himalaya, and south-east Asia. It is a medium sized tree. It is a evergreen coniferous tree normally 20 m tall. The shoots are green at first and within 2 or 3 years they turn brown. the leaves are thin, flat and sickle shaped. It is dioecious, with the male and female cones on separate plants.
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The Himalayan Yew is a medicinal plant that is found in Himachal Pradesh and Arunachal Pradesh. From the bark, needles, twigs and roots of this tree a chemical compound called 'taxol' is extracted. This chemical is used to make drugs that are used to cure certain types of cancers, but the species is becoming extinct due to over-exploitation.
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