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Rhus potaninii Maxim.

Species

Angiosperms > Sapindales > Anacardiaceae > Rhus

Characteristics

Deciduous trees, 5-8 m tall; branchlets glabrous. Petiole minutely pubescent; leaf blade imparipinnately compound; rachis wingless; leaflets 7-11; leaflet petiolule short; leaflet blade oblong or oblong-lanceolate, 5-10 × 2-4 cm, both sides minutely pubescent or subglabrous, base oblique, subrounded, margin entire, apex acuminate. Inflorescence 10-20 cm, minutely pubescent. Calyx minutely pubescent, lobes ovate, ca. 1 mm, margins ciliate. Petals ovate or ovate-oblong, 1.5-2 × ca. 1 mm, minutely pubescent, margins ciliate, revolute at anthesis. Stamen filaments ca. 2 mm in male flowers; anthers ovate; staminode filaments short in female flowers. Disk conspicuous. Ovary globose, ca. 0.7 mm in diam., densely white tomentose. Drupe subglobose, 3-4 mm in diam., densely mixed pilose and glandular-pubescent, red at maturity. Fl. May-Jul, fr. Jul-Oct.
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A tree. It grows 5-8 m tall. It loses its leaves during the year. The leaves have leaflets along the stalk and one at the end. There are 7-11 leaflets. They are 5-10 cm long by 2-4 cm wide. The flowering stalks are 10-20 cm long. The fruit is 3-4 mm across. They are red when mature.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality dioecy
Pollination entomogamy
Spread -
Mature width (meter) 4.0 - 8.0
Mature height (meter) 7.25 - 10.0
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Fruit color
Fruiting months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

It is a temperate plant. It grows on hills and in mountain forests between 900-2,500 m above sea level. In Sichuan and Yunnan.
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Hill and mountain forests, thickets; at elevations from 900-2,500 metres.
Light 7-9
Soil humidity 4-7
Soil texture 2-5
Soil acidity 2-8
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 5-8

Usage

Uses dye fodder material medicinal oil
Edible leaves
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by cuttings or seedlings. Seeds needs soaking.
Mode cuttings seedlings
Germination duration (days) 30 - 90
Germination temperacture (C°) 18 - 21
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment soaking
Minimum temperature (C°) -27
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Rhus potaninii unspecified picture

Distribution

Rhus potaninii world distribution map, present in China

Conservation status

Rhus potaninii threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:70785-1
WFO ID wfo-0000403205
COL ID 4SN97
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Rhus henryi Rhus potaninii
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