Sicilian Sumac / حشيشة الدَّبّاغين / سماق /

التُمْتُم / العربرب / العُترُب / سماك /

Rhus coriaria L.

Edibility and usage

Edibility
Delicious
Edible part
  • Seeds
Preparation
  • Spices mix
Blooming period
April to May
Foraging period
September to November
Seed collection period
August to December
Potential medicinal uses
  • Anti-emetic
  • Anti-inflammatory
  • Carminative

Description

Perenniality
Perennial
Petal colour
  • Green
Leaf type
  • Compound
  • Pinnate
Life form
  • Phanerophyte shrub

Scientifc data

Genus
Rhus
Family
Anacardiaceae
Wikidata item
Q159546
GBIF Item
Rhus coriaria L. (3190563)
Conservation status (IUCN)
Least concern

Notes

استخدمت الثمرة لوقف النزيف و كغرغرة لعلاج التهاب القناة التنفسية و لعلاج الزحار. و يتم تناول منقوع مسحوق الثمرة مرة أو مرتين يومياً لعلاج آلام البطن.

References

  1. Al Sheikh, B. (2019). Checklist and Ecological Data Base of Wild Plants of the West Bank - Palestine (Arabic).
  2. عراف، ش.،عمر،ر.،اسعد، ص.(1995).مساهمة في دراسة نباتات البلاد(الحلقة الاولى).ترشيحا:مركز الدراسات القروية.(عربي)
  3. Rhus coriaria L. in GBIF Secretariat (2021). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2022-03-23.
  4. Al-Qura’n, S. A. (2010). Ethnobotanical and ecological studies of wild edible plants in Jordan. Libyan Agriculture Research Center Journal International, 1(4), 231-243.
  5. Zohary, Michael. Flora Palaestina. Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities, 1972.
  6. Crowfoot, Grace Mary Hood. From Cedar to Hyssop; a Study in the Folklore of Plants in Palestine. London, Sheldon Press; New York and Toronto, The Macmillan Co., 1932.
  7. Ghazanfar, Shahina A., and Chris Thorogood. A Herbal of Iraq. Kew Publishing, 2022.

Citation

Rhus coriaria L. in Barari platform (2025). Barari Flora Taxonomy. https://barari.org/species/612 accessed via barari.org on 12/26/2025.

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