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Most parts of the Yew tree (except for the bright red arils) are highly poisonous to mammals when ingested because they contain toxic compounds called taxines. Yew leaves and bark contain compounds called taxanes which are used to develop drugs such as Taxol® that help treat some forms of cancer.
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Female plants produce single-seeded, fleshy cones that develop into naked seeds partially covered by showy red arils. The aril is a fleshy outgrowth of the stalk that bears the seed. The seed+aril resembles a berry.
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The seed cones are modified, each cone containing a single seed, which is 4–7 mm (3 ⁄ 16 – 1 ⁄ 4 in) long, and partly surrounded by a fleshy scale which develops into a soft, bright red berry-like structure called an aril. The aril is 8–15 mm (5 ⁄ 16 – 9 ⁄ 16 in) long and wide and open at the end.
The seed cones are highly modified, each cone containing a single seed 4–7 mm (5 ⁄ 32 – 9 ⁄ 32 in) long partly surrounded by a modified scale which develops into a soft, bright red berry-like structure called an aril, 8–15 mm (5 ⁄ 16 – 19 ⁄ 32 in) long and wide and open at the end.
