Indian sumac

Japanese: インドウルシ - いんどうるし
Indian sumac

…The inflorescence is pendulous, and the fruit is oblate, 6 to 8 cm in diameter. A type of Rhus succedaneus called Indian lacquer, which is distributed from the Indochina Peninsula to India, produces lacquer, although of poor quality. As the English name Japanese lacquer suggests, its use is almost exclusively limited to East Asia. …

*Some of the terminology that refers to "Indian Urushi" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…果序は下垂し,果実は扁円形で直径6~8cm。 インドシナ半島からインドにかけて分布するハゼノキのインドウルシと呼ばれる型からは,質は悪いが漆が採取される。漆は英語でJapanese lacquerと呼ばれるように,東アジア地域にほぼその利用は限られている。…

※「インドウルシ」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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