Common name: Small Flowered Poison Sumac • Hindi: tungala, raitung, tumra, tung • Urdu: Samandarphal • Sanskrit: tintidika, tintrini • Nepali: सति बयर Sati bayar
Botanical name: Toxicodendron parviflorum Family: Anacardiaceae (Cashew family)
Synonyms: Rhus parviflora
Small Flowered Poison Sumac is a much branched shrub bearing stalked leaves
with 3 leaflets. End leaflet is larger than the other two. Leaflets are
obovate, with rounded tips, tapering bases, and irregularly toothed
margins. Flowers are tiny, yellowish, fragrant. Fruit is small, round, red
when ripe. Small Flowered Poison Sumac is found in the Himalayas, from
Kumaun to Bhutan, at altitudes of 700-1100 m.
Identification credit: Pankaj Kumar
| Photographed in Nahan, Himachal Pradesh. |
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