All trees bear more fruit in some years than in others, but for Dr. Chien Ching-te and Dr. Ho Cheng-kun of TFRI's silviculture division, who go up the mountains at this time of year to gather seeds, the Taiwan yew is about the most reluctant producer of seeds that they have come across.
樹木結實原有豐年、欠年之別，但對此時上山採種的林試所育林系博士簡慶德與何政坤，紅豆杉恐怕是他們碰過的樹種中結實最難的一種。