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| Sumac Temporal range:
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| Sumac fruit in the autumn season | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Sapindales |
| Family: | Anacardiaceae |
| Subfamily: | Anacardioideae |
| Genus: | Rhus L.[1] |
| Type species | |
| Rhus coriaria | |
| Species[2] | |
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54; see text | |
| Synonyms[2] | |
Sumac or sumach[a] (/ˈsuːmæk, ˈʃuː-/ S(H)OO-mak, UK also /ˈsjuː-/)—not to be confused with poison sumac—is any of the roughly 35 species of flowering plants in the genus Rhus (and related genera) of the cashew and mango tree family, Anacardiaceae. However, it is Rhus coriaria that is most commonly used for culinary purposes. Sumac is prized as a spice—especially in Arab, Iranian, Lebanese, and other Middle Eastern cuisines—and used as a dye and holistic remedy. The plants grow in subtropical and temperate regions, on nearly every continent except Antarctica and South America.[4][5][6]
- ^ "Rhus L." Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 2009-11-23. Retrieved 2010-02-09.
- ^ a b "Rhus L.". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 3 November 2024.
- ^ "Rhus L." TROPICOS. Missouri Botanical Garden. Retrieved 2010-02-09.
- ^ "Rhus in Flora of China @ efloras.org". www.efloras.org. Retrieved 2023-02-08.
- ^ "USDA Plants Database". plants.usda.gov. Retrieved 2023-02-08.
- ^ Miller, Allison J.; Young, David A.; Wen, Jun (2001). "Phylogeny and Biogeography of Rhus (Anacardiaceae) Based on ITS Sequence Data". International Journal of Plant Sciences. 162 (6): 1401–1407. doi:10.1086/322948. JSTOR 10.1086/322948. Retrieved 20 September 2023.
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