Anacardiaceae
Chinese sumac
Rhus chinensis
- Family
- Anacardiaceae
- Genus
- Rhus
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Common names
By language (19)
- Arabic
- سماق صيني
- arz
- سماق صينى
- Assamese
- নগা টেঙা
- Azerbaijani
- Çin sumağı
- Belarusian
- Сумах кітайскі
- Burmese
- ဆားချဉ်ပင်, ဇော်ဘွားလခိပင်, ဖွတ်ချဉ်ပင်
- Cantonese
- 五焙子
- Chinese
- 盐肤木, 鹽膚木, 乌桃叶, 乌烟桃, 乌盐泡, 乌酸桃, 五倍子, 五倍子树
- English
- Chinese sumac
- hsb
- Chinski sumak
- Japanese
- ヌルデ, エンブシ, カチノキ, カツノキ, ゴバイシ, フシノキ, 五倍子, 付子の木
- Korean
- 붉나무
- Nepali
- भक्मिलो, भकिमिलो
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Kinesisk sumak
- Persian
- راس چینی
- Russian
- Сумах китайский
- shn
- တူၼ်ႈမၢၵ်ႇၽွတ်ႉ, မၢၵ်ႇၽွတ်ႉ
- szy
- Belus
- Thai
- ส้มผด
Synonyms
- Rhus javanica var. chinensis (Mill.) T.Yamaz.
- Rhus osbeckii Steud.
- Rhus semialata Brandis
Photos
Photo: KENPEI, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: KENPEI, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Edgar Baoua-Dedrich, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Jean-Claude Ringenbach, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: KENPEI, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Mark22, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Krish Dulal, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Mark22, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Geographer, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Mark22, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: harum.koh from Kobe city, Japan, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: 道草, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
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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); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.