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Smoketree or Smoke bush (Cotinus) is a genus of two species of flowering plants in the Anacardiaceae, closely related to the sumacs (Rhus). They are large shrubs or small trees, native to the warm temperate Northern Hemisphere. The leaves are deciduous, alternate, simple oval shape, 3 to 13 cm long. The flowers are clustered in a large open terminal panicles 15 to 30 cm long with a fluffy grayish buff appearance resembling a cloud of smoke over the plant, from which the name derives. The fruit is a small drupe with a single seed. Often classified in Rhus in the past, they are distinguished by the leaves being simple (not pinnate) and the 'smoke like' fluffy flower heads....
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