Comocladia dodonaea (L.) Britton is a plant in the Anacardiaceae family, order Sapindales, kingdom Plantae. Not known to be toxic.

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Comocladia dodonaea (L.) Britton

Comocladia dodonaea (L.) Britton

Comocladia dodonaea is a poisonous Caribbean tree in the cashew family that carries urushiol similar to poison ivy.

Family
Genus
Comocladia
Order
Sapindales
Class
Magnoliopsida

About Comocladia dodonaea (L.) Britton

Comocladia dodonaea (L.) Britton, commonly known as poison ash and Christmas bush, is a tree species belonging to the cashew family, Anacardiaceae. It is native to the Caribbean islands. An urushiol poison, similar to the poison found in poison ivy, is present in the plant's sap and on the surface of its leaves.

Photo: (c) Susan J. Hewitt, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Susan J. Hewitt · cc-by-nc

Taxonomy

Plantae Tracheophyta Magnoliopsida Sapindales Anacardiaceae Comocladia

More from Anacardiaceae

Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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