Sumac
Sumac, also spelled sumach, is a flowering plant.
| Sumac | |
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| Sumac fruit in fall | |
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| Kingdom: | |
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| (unranked): | Eudicots
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| (unranked): | Rosids
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| Family: | Anacardiaceae
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| Genus: | Rhus |
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| Rhus coriaria | |
Sumacs are small trees. The leaves are arranged like spirals. The flowers are in spikes. Each flower is very small, greenish, creamy white or red, with five petals. The fruits form clusters of reddish drupes called "sumac bobs".[3][4]
Sumac Media
Sumac at spice market
Drupes of a staghorn sumac in Coudersport, Pennsylvania
A young branch of staghorn sumac
Winged sumac leaves and flowers
Rhus hybrid fossil – about 49.5 million years old, Early Ypresian, Klondike Mountain Formation, Washington
Iranian spice
References
- ↑ "Rhus L." Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 2009-11-23. Archived from the original on 2012-05-09. Retrieved 2010-02-09.
- ↑ "Rhus L." TROPICOS. Missouri Botanical Garden. Retrieved 2010-02-09.
- ↑ Sumac - Ingredients - Taste.com.au
- ↑ "Poison Sumach and good Sumac shrubs". Archived from the original on 2017-02-11. Retrieved 2011-03-22.