中文名（Chinese Name）：黄连木
学名（Scientific Name）：Pistacia chinensis Bunge
英文名（English Common Name）：Chinese pistache
别名（Chinese Common Name）：木黄连、黄连树
异名（Synonym）：Rhus gummifera H. Lév.；Pistacia philippinensis Merr. et Rolfe；Pistacia formosana Matsum.；Pistacia chinensis f. latifoliolata Loes.；Rhus argyi H. Lév.  
科属（Family & Genus）：漆树科（Anacardiaceae）黄连木属
形态特征（Description）：落叶乔木，高达20余米；树干扭曲．树皮暗褐色，呈鳞片状剥落，幼枝灰棕色，具细小皮孔，疏被微柔毛或近无毛。奇数羽状复叶互生，有小叶5-6对，叶轴具条纹，被微柔毛，叶柄上面平，被微柔毛；小叶对生或近对生，纸质，披针形或卵状披针形或线状披针形，长5-10厘米，宽1.5-2.5厘米，先端渐尖或长渐尖，基部偏斜，全缘，两面沿中脉和侧脉被卷曲微柔毛或近无毛，侧脉和细脉两面突起；小叶柄长1-2毫米。花单性异株，先花后叶，圆锥花序腋生，雄花序排列紧密，长6-7厘米，雌花序排列疏松，长15-20厘米，均被微柔毛；花小，花梗长约1毫米，被微柔毛；苞片披针形或狭披针形，内凹，长约1.5-2毫米，外面被微柔毛，边缘具睫毛；雄花：花被片2-4，披针形或线状披针形，大小不等，长1-1.5毫米，边缘具睫毛；雄蕊3-5，花丝极短，长不到0.5毫米，花药长圆形，大，长约2毫米；雌蕊缺；雌花：花被片7-9，大小不等，长0.7-1.5毫米，宽0.5-0.7毫米，外面2-4片远较狭，披针形或线状披针形，外面被柔毛，边缘具睫毛，里面5片卵形或长圆形，外面无毛，边缘具睫毛；不育雄蕊缺；子房球形，无毛，径约0.5毫米，花柱极短，柱头3，厚，肉质，红色。核果倒卵状球形，略压扁，径约5毫米，成熟时紫红色，干后具纵向细条纹，先端细尖。
分布（Distribution）：产长江以南各省区及华北、西北；生于海拔140-3550米的石山林中。菲律宾亦有分布。模式标本采自北京。
用途（Use）：木材鲜黄色，可提黄色染料，材质坚硬致密，可供家具和细工用材。种子榨油可作润滑油或制皂。幼叶可充蔬菜，并可代茶。
引自中国植物志英文版FOC Vol. 11 Page 335, 345
Pistacia chinensis Bunge, Enum. Pl. China Bor. 15. 1833.
黄连木 huang lian mu| Anacardiaceae  | Pistacia
Pistacia formosana Matsumura; P. philippinensis Merrill & Rolfe; Rhus argyi H. Léveillé; R. gummifera H. Léveillé.
Deciduous trees, about 20 m tall; bark dark brown. Petioles minutely pubescent, flattened above; leaf blade imparipinnately compound with 1-13 opposite leaflets; leaf rachis striate, minutely pubescent; petiolule 1-2 mm; leaflet blade lanceolate to ovate-lanceolate, or rarely linear-lanceolate, 5-10 × 1.5-2.5 cm, papery, base oblique, margin entire, apex acuminate or long acuminate, on both sides minutely pubescent along midrib and lateral veins and with prominent venation. Flowers produced before leafing; male inflorescence 6-7 cm, with clustered branches, female inflorescence lax, 15-20 cm, rachis minutely pubescent; floral subtending bracts lanceolate, 1.5-2 mm, minutely pubescent. Pedicels ca. 1 mm, minutely pubescent. Male flowers with 2 lanceolate bracteoles and 2 linear-lanceolate tepals, ca. 1.5 mm; stamens 3-5, filaments less than 0.5 mm, anthers oblong, ca. 2 mm; pistillode absent. Female flowers with 2-4 linear-lanceolate bracteoles and 5 ovate or oblong tepals, 0.7-1.5 × 0.5-0.7 mm; ovary globose, ca. 0.5 mm in diam., glabrous, stigmas thick, red. Drupe obovate-globose, slightly compressed, ca. 5 mm in diam., longitudinally striate in dried condition. Fl. Mar-May, fr. Aug-Nov.
● Hill and mountain forests on rocky soils; 100-3600 m. Anhui, Fujian, Gansu, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hainan, Hebei, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Shaanxi, Shandong, Shanxi, Sichuan, Taiwan, SE Xizang, Yunnan, Zhejiang.
The wood is used for production of furniture and yields a yellow dye.
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