Chinese sumac also know as Chinese gall or nutgall tree is an open-spreading large shrub or small tree that grows to 15-25’ tall. Pinnately compound leaves with 7-13 toothed leaflets (each 2-5” long). Petiole is often winged. Leaflets are bright green above and brown pubescent beneath. Fall color may be insignificant, but can produce excellent yellow/orange/red colors in some climates. Creamy white flowers in large rounded panicles (6-10” across) bloom in late summer. Pollinated flowers on female plants are followed by fruiting clusters containing numerous, showy, hairy, berry-like drupes that ripen to red in fall. A Chinese gall is an abnormal growth that forms on plant tissue (stem or leaf) of R. chinensis as the result of a gall aphid deposit, hence the sometimes used common name of Chinese gall for this plant.