I need to vouch for this. My best friend killed himself with this tree. If you crush the seeds & eat them there is no antidote, no symptoms other than cardiac arrest within 5 hours. He was so determined to die he took this as he knew once he had taken it nobody would be able to fix it and he would just die. 5 hours later he collapsed & his heart stopped, they bought him back and it stopped again. When in intensive care it then stopped for that long it killed him. The hospital tried everything but like i say, no antidote. This stuff is deadly, don't fkin eat it!

PEACE and blessings! Some people say oh you can eat this part of a tree or plant but never show themselves eating it so you don't know if they are being truthful. Thank you for your integrity and truth you ate the berry. I now know that the "fleshy" part of a berry from a Yew tree can be eaten! PEACE LOVE JOY

Grew up in an old Victorian with a beautiful yew tree in our yard, which we simply referred to as "the bush". I never knew or considered its actual name until looking it up tonight. It was big, wide and strong enough (grew even larger as the yrs went by) that my siblings and i made it our "fort". A hideout. We would climb over or through a few branches to find our way in and we'd sit on the branches, hanging out with our friends for hrs. We'd pick the red berries, squish them between our fingers and nonchalantly throw the seeds as we hung around chatting. My parents taught us early on that the "berries were poisonous". Apparently the story was that i had eaten one as a toddler and i stopped breathing. From then on i had yrs of breathing problems and bronchial issues. They called it "reactive airway disease". Asthma-like. (This was in the mid 80s) It got better as i got older. But now the breathing issues are only induced by extreme exertion or a bad cold . But that tree was awesome for many reasons. Was totally bummed when my parent got rid of it a couple of yrs ago. Went over one day and it was just gone! Lol

I guarantee that 2 seeds of that tree don't kill a horse. Once my electric fence stopped working, so 2 of my horses pushed the wire and managed to totally ravage two 3m tall yew trees. They ate whole branches of yew tree. I thought they would perhaps die or at least get very sick. Well... absolutely nothing happened to them. And its been at least 9 years now and the horses are still healthy

The yew trees found in churchyards are almost always contemporary with the church building itself. Planting yews in this manner was copied by the early Irish church from the Mediterranean practice of planting evergreens around burial sites.

We tried our first berries today, literally one of the best tasting fruits.

Just tried my first Yew berry, thanks to your foraging book. It tasted really nice, and yes I did spit out the stone 😊

One of the most beautiful timbers. I had 4 yew saplings growing for over 20 years, the biggest of them was 4' tall. They were all were dug up on me by the man who put up my fence, my fault, I didn't tell him. Fado Fado in Eirinn, ( Long, long ago in Ireland) there was a group of warriors, they were called the Red Branch Knights. They were called this name because the lintle above their door was a branch of yew.

A splendid tree.

This the tree from which cancer drug produced... Paclitaxel, popular cancer drug produced from this tree

I really enjoy your channel! Great insight and information in your videos! I am learning so much! I just shared this video with my community in the info section as a source to know more about the yew tree. Thank you for sharing your knowledge with all of us. Have an awesome day and stay safe!

Thanks for uploading, fascinating videos!

I use a suave that comes from Montana in America and it has miraculous healing properties !

4:20 Long. It's a sign.

I love these berries..

nice one !! thanks for that info

Thanks for the info...

Yes, I’ve tried the berries and spat the pips, they are very sweet. I find the pips pop out on their own if you gently squeeze the berries, the juice is very slimy. I think they make a pharmaceutical drug from the chemical you mentioned, or they used to, or I may be getting confused with fox glove (digitalis).

I did not know the berries were edible, I just assumed they were poisonous because I knew the tree was poisonous. Very interesting. I will be having a taste :)

I saw very big taxus baccata forest in Iran.

I saw the Fortingall yew a couple of years ago. There's not much left and its unfortunately walled off but still impressive.

I love yew berries!

Medieval longbow butts (local practise ranges) used to be held on church grounds or nearby - it is possible yew trees accompany churches because of this

Theres a tree with needles I'm trying to identify, basically similar to the yew but the branches drupe down parallel to the ground instead of outward.

Good

31st of August 2022. Cheers for the tips

Very nice available in Uttarakhand.namaskar

Crazy! I have a yew tree growing near where I live in Canada. At this time of year (September/October) it has these berries on it. I didn’t realize how poisonous this tree was. I was touching it and collecting it’s beautiful branches for a table set piece for thanks giving. Lol! Needless (or should I say needles?) to say I threw out the branches! Good to know I can eat the berries though! Lots of them are growing on it at this time of year. The tree is about 30 feet tall and has been their for as long as I can remember, going on 40+ years. Looks very very healthy and has endured Canadian winters of -30 + degrees Celsius many many times over. Curious why this tree is a favourite for bow making?

can thus be used as a pain relief salve?

Yew trees where planted to make long bows, which is why you'll always find them in Churchyards. You would make your last stand there and they're easy to find.

The thumbnail made it think it was captain America

By the way, i read that yew trees are also used in 2 chemotherapy drugs. I wonder if i read that correctly.

Really wonder why in burial s??

its being used for breast cancer successfully

I thought the entire berry was toxic as well. I always thought it was interesting to have the deadliest tree in graveyards. I would have thought of it as a suicide tree because the toxins are more deadly than ricin and there is no known antidote.

What time of year are the seeds/needles most toxic? And how many would you need for it to be fatal

Which cancer medicine this three bark is used in?

I had no clue these trees were so deadly.. i have 2 huge yew trees right in my garden.. i've been squishing them, touching the seed and liquid ever since i was 7...

If you touch the bark of a yew tree can you get poisoned cause I'm confused I'm a catapult maker and cut a yew catapult fork down

Found some pavement mushrooms about 6 ft from a yew tree. Is that a problem or not?

I personally would "peel" those seeds out of the aril (red flesh) and make sure that the pips are not accidentally swallowed. Maybe messy, though. I don't eat yew berries, though, so do not read too much into my ramblings.

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Is it dangerous to work with dry yew wood? Planing and sanding it down? Should we work with mask and gloves? Thanks

Think you'll find that the flesh of the berries isn't toxic ,but certainly the seeds are, all in all for the amount of time it take deseeding them it isn't worth the effort.

Tree of the dead!?🙁 Its a nice tree

Oldest tree in th UK is at Fortingal, not Fontingle

Here because we just visited King Henry VIII’s Hampton Court Palace and these are everywhere and are beautiful! Side note: didn’t know it was toxic but I crushed some needles and sniffed it……I hope that wasn’t enough to kill me 🤔 😁

From the comments it seems some of the official information about how deadly is inaccurate

What does the poison do to a human ? I accidentaly ate a bit of 1 seed

I am surprise bows are made wood from yew trees

My mate has just been put in hospital because of eating the leaves

What if a little dog eats the berries?

Notice the dog

The bark isnt toxic. Used to eat the bark

Surely Ricin is a lot more toxic than Yew pips?!

I just ate a berry and I feel numb and my throat feels itchy pls help

These berries looks very pretty but these are so poisones

Hi there Marlow, just discovered your fantastic channel yesterday and it's given me a greater confidence in foraging for wild edibles. I love trees with pagan affiliations , particularly yews and oaks. Near to where I live in Ireland there are these 2 old beauties m.kzfaq.info/get/bejne/esp2aZOI26iZc58.html It would be great if you did similar videos on the oak and holly trees :-) Thanks so much and keep up the great work. Céin

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Berries not worth the risk, leave them to the birds.

Will it kill rabbits? I lost 6 dawn redwoods and 12 ginko trees last year to those , and I want some payback...

National tree society: 🧐Its a rather poisonous tree, poisonous leaves and branches, do not ever eat any part of this tree. it produces a sweet berry but the pit inside can kill a horse. Englishmen: eats berries and spits out berry pits.🙄 Dies after KZfaq recording.

ayy 4:20 minutes

Do you really want to eat the fruit of a tree that thrives in graveyards for FUCK sake?

A 14 year old boy has just died from eating Yew Tree berries. Don't take this man's advice and eat them.

Not poisonus it helps to cure cancer,high pessure etc..