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Botany 122:
Flowering Plant Identification

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Anacardiaceae: Sumac Family

Family: Anacardiaceae Sumac Family
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Habit Shrubs or trees
Stem: Woody
Leaves: Pinnate compound, resinous, (simple in Rhus)
Inflorescence: Panicle
Flower: Perfect or unisexual, regular, hypogynous; inconspicuous
Perianth: 5-merous
Calyx: 5 sepals
Corolla: 5 petals
Hypanthium: Ø
Androecium: 5-10 stamens on a staminal disc
Gynoecium: Syncarpous
Ovary position: Superior, Unilocular
Stigma: not distinctive
Style: 3
Fruit type: Drupe
Other: Edible and poisonous representatives
Representatives: Poison oak, poison sumac, sumac, Pistachio, Mango

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Rhus intergrifolia Rhus intergrifolia
 

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