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Sumac is made from dried berries

The red spice comes from a tart relative of cashew and mango Sumac is the ground fruit of shrubs in the genus Rhus, which grow around the Mediterranean and Middle East. The berries are dried whole and ground with their thin skin, giving a sour, fruity powder used where lemon would otherwise go. The related poison sumac is a different species with white berries, and it is never eaten. It sits in Mondo's food collection, one of 200 facts that each trace back to the reference below.

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Royal Botanic Gardens Kew

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Where does this come from, and can I check it?: The red spice comes from a tart relative of cashew and mango. The figure is taken from Royal Botanic Gardens Kew, which is linked in full on this page. Every fact on Mondo Knows names its source rather than repeating an unsourced claim.
Is this really a food fact?: Yes. It sits on the Food shelf, one of 2,600 sourced facts grouped into space, animals, the human body, history, science and more. Category pages collect every fact in the same field.
What else can I read about it?: The links under the fact point to a quiz, game, puzzle or calculator on the same subject, and the shelf below shows related facts. The wording here is original, and quoted phrases are marked as quotations.