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Common name

English: Elm-Leaved Sumach, Tanner's Sumach

German: Gerber-Sumach

Portuguese: Sumagre

Classification

Kingdom: Plantae (2659)

  Phylum: Tracheophyta (2572)

    Class: Magnoliopsida (2167)

      Order: Sapindales (71)

        Family: Anacardiaceae (19)(family description)

          Genus: Rhus (5)

            Epithet: coriaria L. (1)

coriaria => from lat. 'coriaria frutex' for R. coriaria, derived from lat. corium (leather) in ref. to the plants tannin content

Characteristics

Climate: sub-tropical

Habit: shrub, arborescent

Flower colour: green, white

External links

Check for Rhus coriaria at

World Flora Online, GBIF or IPNI

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