The seeds, completely surrounded by a sweet, juicy aril, drop off quickly from the branch when mature. The edible aril is very thin, the seed has the largest part of the “fruit” and can not be eaten. The extraordinary taste reminds of the resin from conifers compensates for the low yield.

An aril encloses a seed in whole or in part and is often misunderstood as a fruit. In fact, an aril can at least have the function of a fruit; Red and yellow arilli attract animals which eat the aril with the seeds and ensure their spreading. Just like fruits, such arilli can be very fleshy and taste sweet.

• Edible Aril
• Culinary Group Wild fruits
• Taste sweet resinous
• Trivial names Japanische Kopfeibe, Japanische Pflaumeneibe, Korean plum yew, Japanese plum-yew, Harrington's cephalotaxus, Cowtail pine, San Jian Shan
• Size 3 cm
• Taxonomy Cephalotaxaceae (Kopfeibengewächse) Cephalotaxus
• Origin East-Asia (Map)
• Locality Palmengarten Frankfurt (FRP) 2016