Although known and utilized by the Chinese for centuries, the first European to discover Torreya grandis was Robert Fortune, who was searching for seeds while he was hiking in the mountains of NE Zhejiang in search of seeds, particularly those of "golden pine-tree" (Larix kaempferi).
Pisonia grandis | Eucalyptus grandis | Abies grandis | '''Torreya californica''', with young shoots,
PAN Botanical Garden, Warsaw | Oxalis grandis |