Sumac
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| Sumac | |
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| Sumac fruit in fall | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Rosids |
| Order: | Sapindales |
| Family: | Anacardiaceae |
| Subfamily: | Anacardioideae |
| Genus: | Rhus L.[1] |
| Type species | |
| Rhus coriaria L.[2] |
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| Species | |
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About 250 species |
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Sumac, also spelled sumach, is a flowering plant.
Description [change]
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]
References [change]
- ↑ "Rhus L.". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 2009-11-23. http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/genus.pl?10433. Retrieved 2010-02-09.
- ↑ "Rhus L.". TROPICOS. Missouri Botanical Garden. http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40025260. Retrieved 2010-02-09.
- ↑ Sumac - Ingredients - Taste.com.au
- ↑ Poison Sumach and Good Sumac Shrubs
