Rhus chinensis




Family Anacardiaceae
Scientific name Rhus chinensis Miller
Synonyms Rhus javanica auct.; Rhus javanica L. var. roxburghii auct, non (de Candolle) Rehder & E. H. Wilson; Rhus javanica L. var. chinensis (Miller) T. Yamazaki; Rhus javanica L. var. intermedia Nakai; Rhus osbeckii Decaisne ex Steudel; Rhus semialata Murray; Rhus semialata Murray var. osbeckii de Candolle; Toxicodendron semialatum (Murray) Kuntze
Common name (Japanese common name) nurude [lacquer painting]
(English common name) Chinese gall, Chinese sumac, nutgall, nutgall tree
Distribution (Japan) Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu, Okinawa
(Other nations) Korea, China, Taiwan, Vietnam, Thailand, Laos, Indonesia, Myanmar, Bhutan, India, Sri Lanka
Chromosomal number 2n=30
Description Plants 3-7m. Leaves 5-12cm. Flowers pale yellow ca. 4mm, flowering in August to September. Deciduous. Subarbor tree.
Reference Rhus chinensis Mill.
Herbal extracts for the treatment of cancer (WO/2002/080951)



Male Plant


September 2007
at Ushiku Forest Park
September 2007
at Ushiku Forest Park
September 2007
at Ushiku Forest Park




Female Plant


September 2007
at Teganuma Lake
September 2007
at Teganuma Lake
September 2007
at Teganuma Lake


September 2007
at Teganuma Lake