Plant Details

Accepted name:: Rhus aromatica Aiton [Anacardiaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Infraspecies:: 2

Rhus aromatica var. aromatica

Rhus aromatica var. serotina (Greene) Rehder

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
aromatic sumac	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
doftsumak	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
duftender sumach	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
fragrant sumac	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998) Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
gewürz-sumach	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
gewürzsumach	Other	Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021)
lemon sumac	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
polecat-bush	Other	U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
polecatbush	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
rhus aromatica	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
skunkbrush	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
squawbush	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
sumac	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
sumach	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
sweet sumac	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
bark, root, fruit		Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 1 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Lobadium aromaticum (Aiton) Sweet Hort. Brit.: 98 (1826).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Rhus aromatica	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007)
Rhus aromatica Ait.	Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998) Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Rhus aromatica Ait. var. aromatica	World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Rhus aromatica Aiton	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)

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