Toxicodendron sylvestre
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'Toxicodendron sylvestre' from the website Trees and Shrubs Online (treesandshrubsonline.
Synonyms
- Rhus sylvestris Siebold & Zucc.
Editorial Note
Treated by Bean under the name Rhus sylvestris.
Allied to T. vernicifluum but a smaller tree, or a large shrub, which does not yield varnish. The leaflets are shorter, 13⁄4 to 4 in. long, but despite that have more numerous veins, mostly in eighteen to twenty-five pairs, which are consequently set very much closer together than in R. vernicifluum.
Native of Japan, E. and Central China, and Korea; it was in cultivation in France by 1881 but was probably not introduced to Britain until later. Even now it is uncommon in this country, but is available in commerce. The leaves usually colour red in the autumn.