Anacardiaceae Toxicodendron diversilobum (Torr. & Gray) Greene

Pacific Poison Oak

Karok - Food, Candy

Use documented by:
Baker, Marc A., 1981, The Ethnobotany of the Yurok, Tolowa and Karok Indians of Northwest California, Humboldt State University, M.A. Thesis, page 58

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Scientific name: Toxicodendron diversilobum (Torr. & Gray) Greene
USDA symbol: TODI (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Pacific Poison Oak
Family: Anacardiaceae
Family (APG): Anacardiaceae
Native American Tribe: Karok
Use category: Food
Use sub-category: Candy
Notes: Plant chewed like tobacco, 'just to raise heck.'

RECRD: 6012 id: 40445

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