Rhus vernicera

The first true lacquer was developed in Japan from the sap of a sumac tree Rhus vernicera) during the Chou dynasty about 3000 years ago. Japanese lacquers are a type of oleoresin, which dries by oxidation in a damp atmosphere. 

B.c. Lacquers prepared from the exudation of the eonifer Rhus vernicera, called the Umshi tree (varnish tree). 

Laquers called Japanese Laquer prepared in Japan from the coni fcr Rhus vernicera found earlier in China. 

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