Quercus infectoria
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Quercus infectoria or the Aleppo oak is a species of oak well known for producing galls that have been traditionally used for centuries in Asia medicinally while also used in softening leather and in
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Autumn foliage, Izmir, Turkey
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leaf with galls
Rhus chinensis
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Rhus chinensis, the Chinese sumac or nutgall tree, is a deciduous shrub or small tree in the genus Rhus. Growing to 6 m tall, it has downy shoots and leaves comprising several leaflets. These turn red
Quercus infectoria
…nut galls. Hydrolyzable tannins are present in many different plant species but are found in particularly high concentrations in nut galls growing on Rhus semialata (Chinese and Korean gallotannins) and Quercus infectoria (Turkish and Chinese gallotannins), the seedpods of Caesalpinia spinosa (Tara tannins), and…
Rhus javanica var chinensis 2
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