Toxicodendron griffithii Kuntze

Species

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Characteristics

Small trees; branchlets glabrous or subglabrous, lenticellate. Petiole 5.5-9 cm, petiole and rachis glabrous; leaf blade imparipinnately compound; leaflet petiolule 2-3 mm, minutely pubescent to glabrous; leaflets 7-11, opposite; leaflet blade oblong or ovate-oblong, 9-25 × 4-8 cm, coriaceous, adaxially glabrous, turning dark brown when dried, abaxially ferruginous, glabrous to minutely pubescent along veins, sometimes with tufts of hair in axils of veins, base rounded to subcordate, margin entire, lateral veins 15-20 pairs, reticulate venation prominent abaxially. Inflorescence paniculate, 13-22 cm, minutely pubescent; peduncle 5-6 cm, minutely pubescent, striate and lenticellate. Calyx minutely pubescent to subglabrous, lobes broadly ovate. Petals linear-oblong. Disk conspicuous. Ovary globose, densely pubescent. Drupe subglobose, (4-5 or)8-10 mm in diam., light yellow, minutely pubescent; epicarp irregularly dehiscent at maturity; mesocarp thick, waxy, with brown longitudinal resin ducts; endocarp compressed, ca. 3 × 5 mm.
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A small tree. The leaf stalk is 6-9 cm long. The leaves are compound. They are about 25-50 cm long. They have leaflets along the stalk and one at the end. There are 7-11 leaflets that are opposite and 9-25 cm long by 4-8 cm wide. They have rusty hairs underneath. The flower panicles are 13-22 cm long. The fruit is small and fleshy. It is 8-10 mm across.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality polygamodioecy
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Mature height (meter) 10.0
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Environment

It is a subtropical plant. It grows in hill and mountain forests between 1,400-2,500 m above sea level in south China. In Yunnan.
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Hardiness (USDA) 7-12

Usage

Young leaves are eaten as a vegetable.
Uses medicinal
Edible leaves
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Distribution

Toxicodendron griffithii world distribution map, present in China, India, Myanmar, and Thailand

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:71716-1
WFO ID wfo-0001052292
COL ID 7CJRT
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Synonyms

Rhus griffithii Toxicodendron griffithii Toxicodendron griffithii var. griffithii

Lower taxons

Toxicodendron griffithii var. barbatum Toxicodendron griffithii var. microcarpum