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Rhus chinensis Mill., Gard. Dict. ed. 8 7 1768. (syn: Rhus amela D.Don; Rhus chinensis var. chinensis ; Rhus javanica var. chinensis (Mill.) T.Yamaz.; Rhus osbeckii Steud. [Invalid]; Rhus semialata Murray; Rhus semialata var. osbeckii DC.; Schinus indicus Burm.f.; Toxicodendron semialatum Kuntze (Unresolved));
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    Tree for ID/ABDEC02 : 9 posts by 5 authors. Attachments (4)
This tree is in autumn foliage. While there are several young ones, the one I photographed was about 15 feet tall with a well-spread canopy. The leaves grow on a drooping stalk in opposite pairs and the stalk in between the pairs has a narrow leaf like structure. Please advise. Mcleodganj, Dharamshala, HP
1750m approx.
03 December, 2014 reminds me of winged Sumac rhus coppalinna, of mid-atlantic and SE usa but I don’t know if it grows in india Rhus javanica Syn: R. semialata ? Thank you … …, yours and …. hunch seems correct. I found Rhus javanica var chinensis online to be the closest. kindly check the plant either Rhus parviflora or Rhus coriaria two you mentioned … first one leaflet shape is very different
second one does not even have winged rachis so not them, that sent me on a wild goose chase…. Please check Rhus semialata Thank you … If I understand correctly Rhus semialata is another name for Rhus chinensis or Rhus javanica var. chinensis. … also agree with this ID.        Rhus chinensis ABJAN01/03 : 3 posts by 2 authors.
I had first spotted this tree in December 2014 and filed some photos here. Krishan Lal ji, Ushadi and Narain Singh ji had helped identify it as Rhus chinensis. I had found a branch fallen off the tree in August 2015 and had photographed some details to share here but didn’t get the time to do so.
I had found a bunch of galls and had photographed them. Doing a little research I found out that these galls are common on Rhus species are prized in Chinese medicine for their astringent, antidiarrheal and antibacterial properties. They are also used to stop bleeding and reduce scarring from scrapes and cuts.
The galls are caused by an aphid called Melaphis chinensis which is a resident on Rhus trees.
Col. Collett in Flora Simlensis (p. 105) mentions this tree by its old name R. semialata and notes that galls on this tree ‘are used in the manufacture of ink and in native medicine’. Dr Narain Singh mentions another Rhus species R. succedenia (p.578, Medicinal and Aromatic Plants of H.P.) and gives the local name for galls as ‘titre’.
Rhus chinensis—Chinese sumac
Above Mcleodganj, Dharamshala, HP
1800m
26 August 2015 and 03 December 2014
9 images. what a nice complete story. loved the opened galls and fall foliage but intrigued : last two pictures esp. the last. what are these Thank you …. I need to watch Star Trek again, this sounds exciting!
The last two pictures show the living aphids. I didn’t bring any home that time to look under the microscope (I should have). I will do so at the next opportunity and share the results. I could not find any photo of this aphid online but found its new bionominal here;
Location: Chobhar Height, Kathmandur , Nepal
Altitude: 4600 ft.
Date: 15 Septemberr 2016 Please check for Rhus chinensis (Anacardiaceae). Thank you … Rhus chinensis Mill. (accepted name) it would be presentable if flower images are included in the main mage of the efi site. ID OK ? I have some confusion about its ID and Syn. of R. javanica and chinensis, however, now accepted as Brucea javanica (L.) Merr.
1 book screenshot image. This is Rhus chinensis Mill.
Synonym – Rhus javanica var. chinensis (Mill.) T.Yamaz.
Rhus javanica L. in Sp. Pl.: 265 (1753) is actually a totally different plant from Simaroubaceae currently accepted as Brucea javanica (L.) Merr. having no distribution in Western & Central Himalayas.
That means it has got no distribution in Nepal, is it ? Enclosing screen shots from the latest book.
2 screenshot images. The distribution of this sp. is already well known from Nepal.
Please see on eflora http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=110&taxon_id=242344727
The last three synonyms mentioned here actually refer to R. chinensis. In the book you are referring to it is just a nomenclature error, this plant is quite common throughout the Himalayas.
Also see on gbif & POWO https://www.gbif.org/species/3190553
Actually I have checked all these. So Rhus javanica Mill., Rhus javanica L., Rhus chinensis Mill are the same and the accepted name is Brucea javanica (L.) Merr. ??
Rhus javanica L. is the basionym of Brucea javanica (L.) Merr. while Rhus javanica var. chinensis (Mill.) T.Yamaz. is a synonym of Rhus chinensis Mill. There seems to be no valid record of B. javanica from Nepal based on GBIF & POWO unlike R. chinensis which is a common species across the Himalayas.
In the book images you shared the authors have made mistake in putting correct accepted name perhaps due to lack of proper investigation as the synonym they mentioned i.e. Rhus amela D.Don is actually a synonym of R. chinensis, so they mingled two different plant names. https://powo.science.kew.org/names:70375-1
SK1542 27 Oct 2018 : 9 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (7)- around 650 kb each.
Location: Nagarkot, Nepal
Date: 6 September, 2018
Elevation:6800 ft.
Habit : Wild
Anacardiaceae – rhus sp? Looks like Rhus! Yes.
Thanks, …, Pl. check at Looks different. Pl. check other species you posted earlier and identified from the same family.
On deeper checking, you seems to be right as per images at Rhus chinensis Mill.
It is correctly identified as Rhus chinensis Mill. .      Rhus punjabensis Stewart ex Brandis: 5 very high res. images. Location: Shivapuri National Park, Kathmandu, Nepal
Date: 30 September 2023
Altitude: 1925m.
Habitat : Wild This is Rhus chinensis Mill. as we can see winged petioles,c learly dentate leaf margins and fresh fruits in late September. While in R. punjabensis leaf margin is mostly entire and it flowers around early-mid summer and mature fruits fall by September. Thank you … So this sp. can have red fruiting also !
However, I could not find its distribution records for Nepal ! Yes, fruit (drupe) in this sp. is globose, slightly compressed and turns red with maturity.
This species is quite common throughout the temperate Himalayas and is also known from Nepal. Rhus javanica var. chinensis (Mill.) T.Yamaz. is a homotypic synonym of R. chinensis Mill. However, this is not included in the books published by the Government of Nepal and the latest book from the Botanists of Nepal !
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