Rhus parviflora

Family: Anacardiaceae

What it is like

A shrub or small tree. It can lose many leaves during the year. The leaves have 3 leaflets. These are broadly oval and have teeth near the end. The flowers are yellowish-green in loose rusty groups near the ends of branches. The fruit are oval and shiny. They are pale red to brown when ripe.

An unresolved name in The Plant List.

Where it is found

It is a subtropical plant. It grows in open forest in the Himalayas between 800-2,000 m above sea level.

Countries/locations it is found in

Asia, Himalayas, India, Nepal

How it is used for food

The ripe fruit are eaten.

Edible parts

Fruit

How it is grown

It can be grown as a hedge.

Its other names

Local names

Ninawa, Satibayer, Tanga, Tungla

Synonyms

Searsia parviflora (Roxb.) F. A. Barkley; Toxicodendron parviflorum Kuntze