Description
Rhus chinensis Mill (scientific name: Rhus chinensis Mill.) belongs to the family Rhus chinensis Mill. It is a small deciduous tree or shrub of the genus Rhus chinensis Mill. The height can reach 10 meters; the branchlets are brown, the leaves are multi-shaped, oval or elliptic oval or oblong. , Apex acute, round base, terminal leaflet base cuneate, leaf surface dark green, leaf back powder green, leaflet sessile. Panicles are wide, multi-branched, female inflorescences are short, densely covered with rusty pilose; bracts are lanceolate, flowers are white, lobes are long ovate, petals are obovate and oblong, curled when flowering; filaments are linear, anthers Oval, sterile ovary; ovoid, drupe spherical, slightly flattened, red when mature, flowering from August to September, and fruiting in October.
Except for Northeast China, Inner Mongolia and Xinjiang, it is distributed in all other provinces and regions, as well as in India, Indochina, Malaysia, Indonesia, Japan and North Korea. Born in sparse forests or shrubs on sunny hillsides, valleys, and streams at an altitude of 170-2700 meters.
Sonia is the main economic tree species in China, which can be used as raw material for pharmacy and industrial dyes. The skin and seeds can also be used to squeeze oil. In landscaping, it can be used as a tree species for foliage and fruit viewing. The flowers bloom from August to September and are rich in honey and powder, making them a good source of nectar. Roots, leaves, flowers and fruits can all be used as medicine, which has the effects of clearing heat and detoxifying, relaxing muscles and collaterals, dispelling blood stasis and stopping bleeding, and astringent intestines to stop diarrhea.
