Plant Details

Accepted name:: Rhus coriaria L. [Anacardiaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
bärsumak	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
chokmusur	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
elm-leaved sumach	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
european sumach	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
gardah-e-sumaq	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
gerber-sumach	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
japan wax tree	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
minas	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
ninawa	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
raitung	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
roúdi	Other	Med. Pl. Use: Monasteries on Cyprus (Lardos & Heinrich, 2013)
roúi	Other	Med. Pl. Use: Monasteries on Cyprus (Lardos & Heinrich, 2013)
roúvi	Other	Med. Pl. Use: Monasteries on Cyprus (Lardos & Heinrich, 2013)
samak	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
samaka	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
samakdana	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
sicilian sumac	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019)
sicilian sumach	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) National List of Med. Pl. in Palestine (Ali-Shtayeh et al., 2014)
simach	Other	Med. Pl. in Jordan (Oran, 1998)
simaq	Other	Ethnobot. & Trade of Pl. in Qaysari Market, Iraq (Mati & Boer, 2011)
simmak al-dabbagheen	Other	Med. Pl. in Jordan (Oran, 1998)
somagh	Other	Med. Pl. in Markets of Mashhad, Iran (Amiri & Joharchi, 2013)
somāq	Other	Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
soumátshi	Other	Med. Pl. Use: Monasteries on Cyprus (Lardos & Heinrich, 2013)
sumaaq	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
sumac	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sumac des corroyeurs	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
sumach	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
sumak	Other	Med. Pl. Trade Turkey (Özhatay et al., 1997) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
sumaq	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
sumok	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
taatraak	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
tamtam	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
tandidik	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
tanner's sumac	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
tanner's sumach	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
tannic acid	Other	Food Chemicals Codex, 11th edn. (USP, 2018)
tanning sumach	Other	Israeli Trad. Med. (Lev, 2006) Trad. Drugs in Israel at End C20th (Lev & Amar, 2000) Trad. Drugs in Jordan (Lev & Amar, 2002)
tatrak	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
timtima	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
tungla	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
ρούβι	Other	Modern Pl. Use in Monasteries on Cyprus, 2006-2012 (Lardos, 2016)
ρούδι	Other	Modern Pl. Use in Monasteries on Cyprus, 2006-2012 (Lardos, 2016)
ρούι	Other	Modern Pl. Use in Monasteries on Cyprus, 2006-2012 (Lardos, 2016)
σουμάτζι	Other	Modern Pl. Use in Monasteries on Cyprus, 2006-2012 (Lardos, 2016)
سماق	Other	Med. Pl. in Jordan (Oran, 1998) Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
سماك الدباغين	Other	Med. Pl. in Jordan (Oran, 1998)
‫سماق‬	Other	National List of Med. Pl. in Palestine (Ali-Shtayeh et al., 2014)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Fruit		Trad. Drugs in Jordan (Lev & Amar, 2002)
Semen		Ethnobot. & Trade of Pl. in Qaysari Market, Iraq (Mati & Boer, 2011)
Fruit		Trad. Drugs in Israel at End C20th (Lev & Amar, 2000)
Seed		Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
fruit		Med. Pl. Use: Monasteries on Cyprus (Lardos & Heinrich, 2013)
fruit, leaf, tender tops		Modern Pl. Use in Monasteries on Cyprus, 2006-2012 (Lardos, 2016)
fruit		Israeli Trad. Med. (Lev, 2006)
leaves, seed, bark	oil	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
fruit		Med. Pl. in Markets of Mashhad, Iran (Amiri & Joharchi, 2013)
nutgalls		Food Chemicals Codex, 11th edn. (USP, 2018)
leaf, fruit		Med. Pl. Trade Turkey (Özhatay et al., 1997)
flowering buds, fruits		Med. Pl. in Jordan (Oran, 1998)
fruit	dried fruit	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 9 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Rhus amoena Salisb. Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton: 169 (1796), nom. superfl.
Rhus coriaria f. longifolia (Sennen) Sennen Diagn. Nouv.: 13 (1936).
Rhus coriaria var. longifolia Sennen Exsicc. (Pl. Espagne) 1928: n.° 6549 (1929).
Rhus coriaria var. zebaria Shahbaz Nordic J. Bot. 33: 53 (2014).
Rhus heterophylla C.C.Gmel. Hortus Carlsruh.: 225 (1811).
Rhus ornifolia Pall. ex Gueldenst. Reis. Russland 1: 282 (1787).
Rhus sumac O.Targ.Tozz. Giorn. Reale Ist. Incoragg. Agric. Sicilia 20: 293 (1831).
Rhus variifolia DC. Prodr. 2: 73 (1825).
Toxicodendron coriaria (L.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 153 (1891).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Rhus coriaria	Food Chemicals Codex, 11th edn. (USP, 2018) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Med. Pl. Trade Turkey (Özhatay et al., 1997) Med. Pl. in Russia & C Asia (Mamedov et al., 2005) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) Trad. Drugs in Israel at End C20th (Lev & Amar, 2000) Trad. Drugs in Jordan (Lev & Amar, 2002) Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
Rhus coriaria L.	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2017) Ethnobot. & Trade of Pl. in Qaysari Market, Iraq (Mati & Boer, 2011) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Israeli Trad. Med. (Lev, 2006) Med. Herbs Israel (Said et al., 2002) Med. Pl. Use: Monasteries on Cyprus (Lardos & Heinrich, 2013) Med. Pl. in Jordan (Oran, 1998) Med. Pl. in Markets of Mashhad, Iran (Amiri & Joharchi, 2013) Med. Pl. in N Israel (Dafnia et al., 1984) Modern Pl. Use in Monasteries on Cyprus, 2006-2012 (Lardos, 2016) National List of Med. Pl. in Palestine (Ali-Shtayeh et al., 2014) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Rhus coriaria Linn.	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)

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