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Poison ash

Comocladia dodonaea

Also called Centepee Plant, Money Bush, Red Man

Poison ash
Photo: Xemenendura, CC BY-SA 3.0
Family
Anacardiaceae (Cashew family)
Grows as
Tree, Shrub
Native range
Caribbean
Climate
seasonally dry tropical

About

Comocladia dodonaea, with common names poison ash, and Christmas bush, is a species of tree in the cashew family, Anacardiaceae. It is native to Caribbean islands.

In the sap of the plant and on the surface of the leaves is an urushiol poison similar to that in poison ivy.

Other Comocladia plants

Maidenplum

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Comocladia dodonaea by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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