火炬树属漆树科漆树属植物,是落叶小乔木。树皮黑褐色,小枝黄褐色被黄色长茸毛,叶为奇数羽状复叶,互生,小叶11—23枚;花雌雄异株,花序为顶生直立圆锥花序,雌花花柱具红色刺毛;小核果扁球形,被红色短刺毛,聚生为紧密的圆锥形果穗,形如火炬,由此得名。火炬树生长迅速,郁闭早;根系发达,耐干旱、瘠薄;繁殖容易,萌蘖力强,因此是防风固沙和保持水土的好树种,也是荒山造林的先锋树种。火炬树红色的果穗缀于枝 Rhus Typhonium genus Astrakhania, is deciduous tree. Bark dark brown, twig yellow-brown hair yellow hair, leaves odd-shaped pinnate, alternate, 11-23 leaflets; flowers dioecious, inflorescences terminal erect panicle, female flower styles with red bristles; small Drupe flat globose, red short bristles, clustered into close conical ear, shaped like a torch, hence the name. Rhus typhina grow rapidly and canopy is early; developed root system, drought-resistant and infertile; easy to reproduce, strong sprouting, it is good windbreak and sand-fixing and soil and water conservation, but also a pioneer tree afforestation. The red fruit of the torch tree is sprinkled on the branches