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Rhus taitensis
Rhus taitensis is a small tree or shrub in the cashew family (Anacardiaceae), native to tropical Asia, Australia and Pacific islands. It is a wet-tropical species, so it needs warm, humid, frost-free conditions to grow well.
Rhus taitensis is a small tree or shrub in the mango family Anacardiaceae. It is found from tropical Asia, to Australia and many islands of the Pacific Ocean. The chemical tetrahydroxysqualene from dried and ground parts of R. taitensis has in vitro activity against Mycobacterium tuberculosis and the plant has been used in folk medicine locally to treat diarrhea and hearing loss.
The native range of R. taitensis includes Asian countries, such as Indonesia (Sulawesi, Irian Jaya, eastern Java, the Lesser Sunda Islands and the Moluccas), Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, and the Philippines; western and south central Pacific island locales, such as the Society Islands of French Polynesia (the type specimens were collected from the island of Tahiti by Carlo Luigi Giuseppe Bertero and J. A. Moerenhout during an expedition described in Moerenhout's book entitled Voyages aux îles du Grand Océan), Niue, Palau and others within Micronesia, and the Solomon Islands; and Australia (in northeastern Queensland).
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Rhus taitensis by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
