Common Name:
Smoketree
Smoke Bush
Three species of shrubs and trees, usually deciduous, wood is orange-yellow. Leaves simple, entire, spirally arranged, long petiole. Flowers small but in large terminal, loose clusters (panicles), usually yellow. Fruit is a small, dry, obliquely drupe. Found in North America, southern Europe, and eastern Himalaya and central China.
Cotinus: from Greek kotinos, wild olive; application uncertain.
Pronunciation:
ko-TI-nus
Family:
Anacardiaceae