Vasilis Teodoridis:
Anacardiaceae | Rhus
1. Rhus chinensis Miller; Gard. Dict.; ed. 8. Rhus no. 7. 1768.
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Shrubs to trees; 2-10 m tall; branchlets ferruginous pubescent; lenticellate. Leaf blade sessile; imparipinnately compound; rachis broadly winged to wingless; ferruginous pubescent; leaflets (5-)7-13; leaflet blade ovate to oblong; increasing in size toward apex; 6-12 x 3-7 cm; adaxially dark green; sparsely pubescent or glabrescent; abaxially lighter green; glaucous; and ferruginous pubescent; base rounded to cuneate in terminal leaflet; margin dentate; often crenate; apex acute; lateral veins and reticulate venation impressed adaxially and prominent abaxially. Inflorescence many branched; densely ferruginous pubescent; male ones 30-40 cm; female ones shorter. Pedicel ca. 1 mm; minutely pubescent; flowers white. Male flowers: calyx minutely pubescent; lobes long ovate; ca. 1 mm; with ciliate margins; petals obovate-oblong; ca. 2 mm; stamen filaments ca. 2 mm; anthers ovoid; ca. 0.7 mm; disk annular; ovary reduced to absent. Female flowers: calyx lobes ca. 0.6 mm; petals elliptic-ovate; ca. 1.6 mm; staminodes much reduced; disk annular; ovary ovoid; ca. 1 mm; densely white pubescent; styles 3; stigma capitate. Drupe globose; slightly compressed; 4-5 mm in diam.; mixed pilose and glandular-pubescent; red at maturity. Fl. Aug-Sep; fr. Oct.
Lowland; hill; and mountain forests; forests along streams; thickets; 100-2800 m. Anhui; Fujian; Gansu; Guangdong; Guangxi; Guizhou; Hainan; Hebei; Henan; Hubei; Hunan; Jiangsu; Jiangxi; Ningxia; Qinghai; Shaanxi; Shandong; Shanxi; Sichuan; Taiwan; Xizang; Yunnan; Zhejiang [Bhutan; Cambodia; India; Indonesia; Japan; Korea; Laos; Malaysia; Singapore; Thailand; Vietnam].