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| habit - shrub or small tree; 1.5 to 3-meters tall | leaf - notice the off-center leaflet midvein |
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| What is the leaf arrangement? | bark--notice the prominent lenticels |
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| fruits are borne in dense, subsessile, pyramidal panicles (not terminal as on Rhus lanceolata) | before lemons were readily available, the small fruits of Rhus copallinum were crushed in water to make a tart drink called sumac-ade (Crosswhite, 1980) |
