Dioecious . Scrambling shrub to a small tree ; up to 3 m tall , often forming large clumps . Stems much branched , grey ; bark brown with a whitish bloom , glabrescent . Leaves alternate , 3-foliolate ; leaflets sessile , 10-20 x 7-10 mm , obovate in out-line , deeply to shallowly 3-lobed in the upper part , apex of lobes obtuse , base long cuneate , margin entire , grey-green , densely white-pubescent ; petiole 10-15 mm , somewhat winged , pubescent . Inflorescences in axillary and terminal thyrsoid panicles up to 5 cm long ; pedicel ± 1 mm , pubescent ; bracts minute , triangular , white-pubescent . Flowers c . ± 1 mm across ; calyx 5-lobed , lobes ± 0 . 5 mm , pubescent ; petals ± 1 mm , oblong-ovate , cream . Male flowers: stamens 5 , about the same length as the corolla ; Female flowers: with 5 rudimentary stamens ; ovary globose , 1-celled . Fruit drupe , 3-4 mm in diameter , subglobose , red and glossy at maturity , glabrous , 1-seeded . (Ref . Flora of Oman ; vol . 2) .
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Regional Endemic (RE) - Least Concern (LC) - Global Assessment
Frequent
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Rhus aucheri Boiss.
Toxicodendron aucheri (Boiss.) Kuntze
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Aucher Rhus
An extract of red pigment used to dye cotton wool, white clothes and date palm (Phoenix dactylifera) leaves particularly used in handicrafts. Both leaves and fruit are edible, eaten by people as well as animals. (Ref. Oman Botanic Garden).
*Ghazanfar, S. (2007). Flora of the Sultanate of Oman, vol.2: Crassulaceae – Apiaceae. Meise, National Botanic Garden of Belgium (Scripta Botanica Begica, Vol. 36). ISBN 9789072619747 ISSN 0779-2387. *https://en.wikipedia.org *https://pza.sanbi.org *Miller, A., Morris, M. (1988). Plants of Dhofar, the Southern Region of Oman: Traditional, Economic, and Medicinal Uses. Published by Office of the Adviser for Conservation of the Environment, Diwan of Royal Court, Sultanate of Oman; ISBN 10: 0715708082 ISSN 13: 9780715708088. *Patzelt, A. (2015). Oman Plant Red Data Book. Published by Diwan of Royal Court, Sultanate of Oman. Oman Botanic Garden Publication No. 1. ISBN 978-99969-50-10-0. *POWO (2023). ""Plants of the World Online. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet; http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org
