Trees or shrubs, 1-2(-10) m tall; branchlets glabrous to pubescent, terminal buds glabrous to tomentose. Petiole 6-9 cm, glabrous or pubescent; rachis terete or narrowly winged distally, glabrous to pubescent; leaf blade imparipinnately compound, 20-35 cm; leaflets 5-15, opposite or subopposite; leaflet petiolule indistinct or 2-5 mm; leaflet blade oblong-elliptic to ovate-lanceolate, 3-16 × 0.9-5.5 cm, papery or thinly leathery, glabrous to sparsely pubescent on both surfaces, glaucous abaxially, base oblique, rounded or broadly cuneate, margin entire, apex acuminate to caudate-acuminate, lateral veins 15-22 pairs, slightly prominent on both surfaces. Inflorescence paniculate, 7-15 cm, many branched, glabrous. Pedicel ca. 2 mm; flowers yellowish green, ca. 2 mm in diam. Calyx glabrous, lobes broadly ovate, ca. 1 mm, obtuse apically. Petals oblong, ca. 2 mm, obtuse apically, with ± conspicuous featherlike venation pattern, revolute at anthesis. Stamens exserted; filaments linear, ca. 2 mm; anthers ovoid, ca. 1 mm. Disk 5-lobed. Ovary globose, glabrous. Drupe large, asymmetrical, 7-10 mm in diam., compressed, apex eccentric; epicarp thin, yellow, glabrous; mesocarp thick, white, waxy, with brown longitudinal resin ducts.
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Large shrub to small tree 2–5 (–8) m high, deciduous; branchlets glabrous. Leaves alternate, 10–35 cm long, imparipinnate with 9–15 leaflets, turning crimson, scarlet and orange in autumn; leaflets lanceolate to oblong-ovate or sometimes ± elliptic, 4–10 cm long, 15–30 mm wide, apex long-acuminate, margin entire, base obtuse and asymmetric, both surfaces glabrous, lower surface ± glaucous; petiole 3–10 cm long, petiolules 1–4 mm long. Panicles 7–20 cm long, glabrous. Flowers to 6 mm across, usually yellowish green, with 5 small sepals and 5 longer petals. Drupe ± globose to ovoid, compressed laterally, 5–10 mm long, 7–11 mm wide, ripening pale brown/fawn-coloured to blackish, single-seeded.
A shrub or small tree. It grows 2-8 m tall or higher. The leaves are compound and 20-35 cm long. There are 5-15 leaflets. The leaflet blades are 3-16 cm long by 1-5 cm wide. The flowers are yellowish green. The fruit is 7-10 mm across.
Forests and shrubberies; at elevations up to 2,400 metres in the Himalayas. Lowland and hill forests, lowland thickets on limestone; at elevations from 100-1,500 metres, occasionally to 2,500 metres.
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Forests and shrubberies; at elevations up to 2,400 metres in the Himalayas. Lowland and hill forests, lowland thickets on limestone; at elevations from 100-1,500 metres, occasionally to 2,500 metres.
It is a subtropical plant. It grows up to 1,500 m above sea level.
Has been widely cultivated as a garden and street tree, particularly in temperate regions of Australia (Queensland Government 2016). Often grown for its brightly-coloured autumn foliage. Resin from the tree is used to produce lacquer, and the fruits are used to make a candle fuel sometimes called Japan or sumac wax.
Can be grown by cuttings or seedlings. Seeds needs soaking.
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