Nageia nagi

Nageia nagi
Conservation status
Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Division:	Pinophyta
Class:	Pinopsida
Order:	Pinales
Family:	Podocarpaceae
Genus:	Nageia
Species:	N. nagi
Binomial name
Nageia nagi Thunb. O. Kuntze

Nageia nagi whose common name is Asian Bayberry, is in the family Podocarpaceae. Nageia nagi is native to China, Japan, and Taiwan.

It is a hardy tree species, which means that it can withstand a range of weather conditions, but prefers moist sites that are well draining and full sunlight to light shade. Being from the Podocarpaceae family, Nageia nagi is a dioecious tree. Dioecious is when the male and female parts of the trees are on separate plants.

Nageia nagi average height is twenty five meters tall. The leaves are a glossy lancolate shape, they arrange themselves sub opposite on the branches. They range from two to eight inches long and 0.75 to 2.5 inches wide. The new leaves are a light green and as they age they become dark green and glossy. The branches also start out as green but as they age they become reddish brown and peel in small layers.

It is threatened by habitat loss.

Formerly called Myrica Nagi, its bark exhibits strong antibacterial effect.(2)

Source

(1) Conifer Specialist Group 1998. Nageia nagi. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 10 July 2007.

(2) Bin Shan, Yi-Zhong Cai, John D. Brooks, Harold Corke, The in vitro antibacterial activity of dietary spice and medicinal herb extracts,International Journal of Food Microbiology 117 (2007) 112–119

External Links

[1] Parmar, C. and M.K. Kaushal. 1982. Myrica nagi. p. 49–53. 13 Myrica nagi Thunb. In: Wild Fruits. Kalyani Publishers, New Delhi, India.