One botanist recalls: "Laughable as it may sound, in the old days at logging yards anywhere in Taiwan, once all the high-grade timber had been sold and then all the second-grade stuff, the 'scrap' wood which hardly anyone was interested in, was yew."
一位植物學者回憶：「說個笑話，過去台灣各地集材場裡，一級木送出門了，二級木也送出門了，留下乏人問津的『朽木』，就是紅豆杉了」。