• Family : ANACARDIACEAE
  (Cashew Or Mango Or Sumac Family)
• Family (Hindi name) : AAM FAMILY (आम फैमिली)
• Family (as per The APG System III) : ANACARDIACEAE
• Synonym(s) : Rhus sinuata Thunb.
• Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Unresolved name
• Common name : Indian Sumac
• Vernacular name : Salabe (Kannada); Sippam, Neyyi kiluvai, Chippaamaram, Mulluvedathi (Tamil)
• Habit : Shrub
• Habitat : Scrub jungles and foothills of dry deciduous forests
• Comments / notes : Common upto 800m.
• Flower, Fruit : March-February
• Collector(s) Name : K.Sankara Rao, Raja K.Swamy & Arun Singh R; Raja K.Swamy
• Collection Date : 19-11-2014; 12-10-2010
• Collection Nos : HJCB-0169; FAP 39018
• Collection Locality : Palamner Forest Range, Chittoor district (AP); Mobbuchintalapalle, Kadapa district (AP)
• Distribution :
  • Andhra Pradesh : All districts of Andhra Pradesh
  • Telangana : All districts of Telangan
  • Karnataka : Ballari district
  • Kerala : Palakkad district, Idukki district
  • Tamil Nadu : All districts of Tamil Nadu
• Native : India
• World Distribution : India, Sri Lanka, Pakistan
• Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
• Literature : Pullaiah et al., 2002 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 1; J.L.Ellis, 1987- Flora of Nallamalais Vol. 1; N.P.Singh, 1988. Flora of Eastern Karnataka; Sudhakar Reddy, C et al., 2009. Tree Wealth of Eastern Ghats of Andhra Pradesh, India; Matthew, K.M., Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (1). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983; Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI; Henry, Kumari & Chithra (1983). Flora of Tamil Nadu, India vol. 1.
• Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Raja K Swamy, Deepak Kumar, Arun Singh R. and K. Gopalakrishna Bhat (2019). Flora of Peninsular India. http://peninsula.ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Rhus mysorensis. Downloaded on 20 May 2024.

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