Anacardiaceae
Elephant tree
Pachycormus discolor
- Family
- Anacardiaceae
- Genus
- Pachycormus
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Common names
By language (3)
- Chinese
- 白榄漆
- English
- Elephant tree
- Russian
- Пахикормус
Synonyms
- Bursera pubescens S.Watson
- Pachycormus discolor var. discolor
- Pachycormus discolor var. pubescens (S.Watson) Gentry
- Pachycormus discolor var. veatchianus (Kellogg) Gentry
- Rhus veatchiana Kellogg
- Schinus discolor Benth.
- Veatchia cedrosensis A.Gray
- Veatchia discolor (Benth.) Brandegee
- Veatchia discolor var. pubescens (S.Watson) I.M.Johnst.
- Veatchia discolor var. veatchiana (Kellogg) I.M.Johnst.
Flowers
- In flower
- July to August (from 12 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Augusto Olmos Mercado, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Jim Riley, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: MarvalPhotography19, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Tomás Castelazo, CC BY-SA 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Juan Cruzado Cortés, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: thibaudaronson, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Trevor Harding, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Tom Wainwright, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Melanie J. Davis, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Robb Hannawacker, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: MarvalPhotography19, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Alan Rockefeller, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.