Plum yew is a small dioecious coniferous evergreen shrub.  It can grow to about 10 feet.  It has been investigated for anti-cancer properties previously. 
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
			
			
				
					
						
							
						
					
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				Cephalotaxus: The Plum Yews
The largest [Japanese plum yews] I saw grow in the rich forests at the foot of Higashi-Kirishima … I saw many trees from 8 to 10 m tall with … wide-spreading branches forming broad rounded crowns. Such trees, with their dark-green leaves pale or glaucescent on the under side, are very...