Common Name: SUMAC or CASHEW FAMILY Habit: Shrub, tree; generally dioecious or flowers bisexual and unisexual; resin clear, often weathering black, generally aromatic, latex milky or 0. Leaf: simple to ternate- or odd-pinnate-compound, alternate, deciduous or evergreen; stipules 0. Inflorescence: raceme or panicle; flowers generally many. Flower: generally unisexual, radial; sepals generally 5, base generally +- fused; petals 5, generally > sepals, free; (perianth parts 1--7 in Pistacia); stamens 4--7 or 10, vestigial in pistillate flowers; ovary superior, vestigial or 0 in staminate flowers, subtended by +- lobed, disk-like nectary, chamber generally 1, ovule generally 1, styles 1--3. Fruit: drupe, generally +- flat, sticky or not, hairs short or 0; pulp +- resinous, aromatic or not. Genera In Family: 70+ genera, +- 850 species: tropics, warm temperate; some ornamental (Rhus, Schinus), cultivated for fruit (Anacardium, cashew; Mangifera, mango; Pistacia, pistachio). Toxicity: TOXIC: many genera produce contact dermatitis. eFlora Treatment Author: John M. Miller & Dieter H. Wilken, except as noted Scientific Editor: Bruce G. Baldwin, Thomas J. Rosatti.
Habit: Tree, branches ending in thorn or not; dioecious. Leaf: simple or compound; leaflets 5--20, +- leathery, +- resinous, entire to toothed. Inflorescence: panicle, axillary or terminal, open to +- dense; pedicels short. Flower: sepals, petals +- white to +- yellow; stamens 10, 2 whorls of 5, vestigial in pistillate flowers; styles 3, fused at base. Fruit: spheric, leathery, shiny, generally pink to red; pulp resinous to oily, aromatic. Species In Genus: +- 25 species: tropics, warm temperate South America. Etymology: (Greek: ancient name) Reference: Carmello-Guerreiro & Paoli 2002 Brazil Arch Biol Technol 45:73--79 Unabridged Reference: Las Penas et al. 2006 Arnaldoa 13(2):270--275; Randall 2000 In: Bossard et al., eds, Invasive Plants of California's Wildlands; Hoffmann 1998 Flora Silvestre de Chile, Zona Central, Claudio Gay Fundacion, Santiago; Sanders 1996 Madroño 43:530; Wannan & Quinn 1991 Bot J Linn Soc 107:349--385; Wannan & Quinn 1990 Bot J Linn Soc 103:225--252; Barkley 1957 Lilloa 28:5--110; Barkley 1944 Brittonia 5:160--198
Schinus terebinthifolius Raddi
NATURALIZED Habit: Plant 5--10 m. Leaf: 8--15 cm; leaflets sessile, 2.5--7 cm, elliptic to oblong, entire to toothed. Inflorescence: pedicel 2--4 mm in fruit. Fruit: 4--7 mm diam. Ecology: Washes, canyons; Elevation: < 200 m. Bioregional Distribution: s SCo; Distribution Outside California: Florida; native to South America. Flowering Time: May--Sep Synonyms: Schinus terebinthifolius Raddi var. raddianus Engl. Jepson eFlora Author: John M. Miller & Dieter H. Wilken Reference: Carmello-Guerreiro & Paoli 2002 Brazil Arch Biol Technol 45:73--79 Jepson Online Interchange Weed listed by Cal-IPC Previous taxon: Schinus polygamus Next taxon: Searsia
Citation for this treatment: John M. Miller & Dieter H. Wilken 2012, Schinus terebinthifolius, in Jepson Flora Project (eds.) Jepson eFlora, http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/eflora/eflora_display.php?tid=43507, accessed on October 20, 2019.
Citation for the whole project: Jepson Flora Project (eds.) 2019, Jepson eFlora, http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/eflora/, accessed on October 20, 2019.
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