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Smodingium argutum
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Smodingium argutum, the African poison ivy or pain bush, is a southern African shrub or medium-sized tree in the Anacardiaceae, which has properties comparable to the American poison ivy, as its sap contains heptadecyl catechols that are toxic to the skin.
- Family
- Anacardiaceae
Ecology
How it lives
- Propagated by
- Seed
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- Name
- Smodingium argutum
- Slug
- smodingium-argutum
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Family
- Anacardiaceae
- Genus
- Smodingium
- Species
- argutum
- Propagule type
- seed
- Container suitable
- No
- Indoor suitable
- No
- OSSI pledged
- No
- Hazard level
- 1
- Data completeness
- 43
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