Anacardiaceae Toxicodendron diversilobum (Torr. & Gray) Greene

Pacific Poison Oak

Tolowa - Drug, Antidote

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: Tolowa
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Antidote
Notes: Buds eaten in the spring to obtain immunity from the plant poisons.

RECRD: 6010 id: 40460

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