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Japan Wax Tree🍂
Toxicodendron succedaneum
ハゼノキ
A deciduous small tree of the Anacardiaceae family with brilliant autumn color. Its fruits once yielded Japan wax and the tree was formerly cultivated for this. Contact with the sap may cause skin irritation.
Identification Points
- ✓奇数羽状複葉で小葉は披針形
- ✓秋に深紅に紅葉
- ✓雌株に房状の白っぽい果実
Habitat
本州（関東以西）・四国・九州・沖縄の山野・林縁
Season
5〜6月（花）／10〜11月（紅葉・果実）
3D Specimen Model
Kyushu University, Shikano Lab (CC0)
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Leaf arrangement
Alternate
Venation
Pinnate
Leaf margin
Entire
Petal fusion
Fused
Stipules
Absent
Flower symmetry
Actinomorphic
Phylogenetic Positionウルシ科 →
Phylogenetic Position
Angiosperms > Eudicots > Core eudicots > Sapindales > Anacardiaceae
Divergence Era
Late Cretaceous (ca. 85 million years ago)
Sources & References
🤖Claude AI
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