Taiwania (Taiwania cryptomerioides) occurs as big coniferous tree in the cypress family Cupressaceae, formerly enrolled in the segregate personal Taxodiaceae. These are indigen to eastern Asia, growing in the mountains of central Taiwan, and locally within sou'west China and adjoining Myanmar and northern Vietnam. These are endangered by illegal logging for its valuable wood in many areas. These are super probably that a range was additional extensive it used to be that prior to extensive felling for the wood.

These are the big tree inside Asia, reported to heights of Fourscore m tall & sustaining a trunk as much as at least Troika m across. A leaves are needle-such as or even awl-prefer & 8-15 millimeter hanker in immatured trees as much as all about 100 years old, so step by step becoming further shell-like, Three-7 millimeter hanker, in mature trees. A cones are small, 15-25 millimetre yearn, by having astir 15-30 thinly, fragile scales, from each one shell using deuce seeds.

A populations around mainland Asia come treated as a distinct metal money Taiwania flousiana by the select few plant scientist, however a claimed differences between these & a Taiwanese people come non uniform once a total of specimens from either every locality are equated.

A genus is known as fallowing a island of Taiwan, from either around which it number one became known to the botanic community in 1910.

A wood is easy, however durable & beautifully spicy scented, & was within super high require it used to be that, particularly for temple building and coffins. A rarity of the tree & its slow incubation inside plantations means legal supplies come at present super barely; a metal money has legal protection around China.