Rhus nodosa

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Rhus nodosa

Description

Scandent shrub, or liana, up to 15 m high, sometimes small shrub or tree, 1½-9 m high. Leaves copper-red when young, imparipinnate, with (l-)2-3(-5) pairs of leaflets; Inflorescences paniculate, axillary or pseudoterminal, up to 40 cm long, sparsely puberulous, glabrescent, or glabrous, branches up to 7½ cm; Flowers cream, light or yellowish green. Petals ovate or elliptic, 2-3 by 1¼-1½ mm, glabrous. Stamens 1½-2 mm; Ovary subglobose, c. 1 mm Ø, glabrous;

Distribution

Asia-Tropical: Borneo present (Kalimantan present, Sarawak present); Jawa (Jawa present); Malaya (Peninsular Malaysia present); Sumatera (Sumatera present), Bangas present, Baram present, BatangBaru present, Bau present, Bencoolen present, Bogor present, E. Kutai present, G. Batu present, G. Sembung present, G. Talang present, G. Tjikoraj present, Kalabit Highlands present, Kuching present, Long Kapa present, Makale present, Makassar present, Mt Hose present, Nirmala present, Pekalongan present, SW. Celebes present, Tjidadap present
Malesia: Malay Peninsula, Sumatra (Bencoolen: BatangBaru; West Coast: G. Talang), Java (Nirmala, Bogor, Bangas, G. Batu, G. Tjikoraj, G. Sembung, Tjidadap, Pekalongan), Borneo (Sarawak: Mt Hose, Long Kapa, Kalabit Highlands, Kuching, Baram, Bau; Kalimantan: E. Kutai), and SW. Celebes (Makale, Makassar).

Citation

Ridl. 1933: Kew Bull.: 193
BACK. 1911: Schoolfl.: 283
BACK. & BAKH.F. 1965 – In: Fl. Java: 153