Cephalotaxus sinensis is a coniferous shub or small tree in the plum yew family. It is native to central and southern China.Some botanists consider Cephalotaxus koreana and C. sinensis to be synonymous with Cephalotaxus harringtonia.
Two new acetylated flavonoid diglycosides, scutellarein-5-O-[α-l-rhamnopyranosyl-(1 → 4)-β-d-6-O-acetylglucopyranoside] (1), apigenin-5-O-[α-l-rhamnopyranosyl-(1 → 2)-β-d-3,6-di-O-acetylglucopyranoside] (2), were isolated from the leaves of Cephalotaxus sinensis. Their structures were determined by chemical and spectroscopic methods including HR-FAB-MS, 1H–1H COSY, HSQC and HMBC experiments.
Cephalotaxus sinensis is an evergreen Shrub growing to 5 m (16ft 5in) at a slow rate. Cephalotaxus sinensis flowers are dioecious (individual flowers are either male or female, but only one sex is to be found on any one plant so both male and female plants must be grown if seed is required) and are pollinated by Wind.The plant is not self-fertile.