Rhus parviflora

Roxb.

AnacardiaceaeFruit
Rhus parviflora
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Rhus parviflora
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(c) Dinesh Valke, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)
Rhus parviflora
iNaturalist · cc-by-sa
(c) Dinesh Valke, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)

What to Eat

Edible parts: Fruit

The ripe fruit are eaten.

Where to Find It

It is a subtropical plant. It grows in open forest in the Himalayas between 800-2,000 m above sea level.

Asia, Himalayas, India, Nepal,

Countries: United Arab Emirates, Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Bahrain, Brunei, Bhutan, China, Georgia, Indonesia, Israel, India, Iraq, Iran, Jordan, Japan, Kyrgyzstan, Cambodia, North Korea, South Korea, Kuwait, Kazakhstan, Laos, Lebanon, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Mongolia, Maldives, Malaysia, Nepal, Oman, Philippines, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Syria, Thailand, Tajikistan, Timor-Leste, Turkmenistan, Turkey, Taiwan, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Yemen

How to Identify

A shrub or small tree. It can lose many leaves during the year. The leaves have 3 leaflets. These are broadly oval and have teeth near the end. The flowers are yellowish-green in loose rusty groups near the ends of branches. The fruit are oval and shiny. They are pale red to brown when ripe.

How to Grow

It can be grown as a hedge.

Notes

An unresolved name in The Plant List.

Names & Synonyms

Ninawa, Satibayer, Tanga, Tungla

Searsia parviflora (Roxb.) F. A. BarkleyToxicodendron parviflorum Kuntze
References (7)
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  • Gautam, R. S., et al, 2020, Wild Edible Fruits of Nepal. Int. J. Appl. Sci. Biotechnol. Vol 8(3): 289-304
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  • Karki, S., et al, 2017, Minor Fruits in Nepal: Utilization and Conservation Efforts. Proceedings of 2nd National Workshop on CUAPGR, 2017.
  • Shah, S. K., 2014, Dietary contribution of underutilized minor crops and indigenous plants collected from uncultivated lands and forests in Nepal. in Promotion of Underutilized Indigenous Food Resources for Food Security and Nutrition in Asia and Pacific. FAO. Bangkok p 64
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