✿Anacardiaceae · Rhus
Dasni / Indian Sumac
Rhus mysorensis
Shruboutdoor
- Habit
- Shrub
- Found in India
- Rajasthan, Delhi, Karnataka & more
- Flowering
- March-February
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Rhus mysorensis
- Genus
- Rhus
- Family
- Anacardiaceae
- Habit
- Shrub
- Habitat
- Scrub jungles and foothills of dry deciduous forests
- Native to
- India
- Distribution
- India, Sri Lanka, Pakistan
- Found in India
- Rajasthan, Delhi, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu
- Flowering & fruiting
- March-February
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf type
- TrifoliaterecordedA compound leaf made of exactly three leaflets.“Leaves are trifoliate or rarely 5-foliate.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Leaf shape
- Pinnately compound, small leafletsrecorded
Typical of the family
- Arrangement
- Alternate
Characters marked “recorded” are for Dasni itself; the rest are typical of the Anacardiaceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower symmetry
- Actinomorphic (radially symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Panicle
- Fruit
- Drupe
Typical of the Anacardiaceae family — flowering plants only; individual species can differ.
Local Names
- Hindi
- दसनी Dasni, Dansara, Darsan
- Telugu
- Sitha, Sundari
- Malayalam
- Chippamaram
- Marathi
- अम्बॊनी Amboni
About Dasni
Indian Sumac (Rhus mysorensis) belongs to the Anacardiaceae family, where it grows as a shrub. In India it has been recorded in Rajasthan, Delhi, Karnataka and 1 other states. It grows in scrub jungles and foothills of dry deciduous forests. Flowering and fruiting run from March to February.
Botanical family
Anacardiaceae
Cashew family
Dasni belongs to the Anacardiaceae family.
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