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ɒ l / is an oily mixture of organic compounds with allergenic properties found in plants of the family Anacardiaceae, especially Toxicodendron spp. (e.g., poison oak, Chinese lacquer tree, poison ivy, poison sumac), Comocladia spp. (maidenplums), Metopium spp. (poisonwood), and also in parts of the mango tree and the fruit of the cashew tree ...
Contact with oils in mango leaves, stems, sap, and skin can cause dermatitis and anaphylaxis in susceptible individuals. [ 4 ] [ 31 ] [ 64 ] Those with a history of contact dermatitis induced by urushiol (an allergen found in poison ivy , poison oak , or poison sumac ) may be most at risk for mango contact dermatitis. [ 65 ]
Urushiol-induced contact dermatitis (also called Toxicodendron dermatitis or Rhus dermatitis) is a type of allergic contact dermatitis caused by the oil urushiol found in various plants, most notably sumac family species of the genus Toxicodendron: poison ivy, poison oak, poison sumac, and the Chinese lacquer tree. [1]
Mango leaves, stems, peels, and sap contain urushiol, an allergen also present in poison ivy, poison oak, and poison sumac that can cause urushiol-induced contact dermatitis in susceptible people. [ citation needed ] Cross-reactions between mango contact allergens and urushiol have been observed.
The Anacardiaceae include numerous genera, several of which are economically important, notably cashew (in the type genus Anacardium), mango, Chinese lacquer tree, yellow mombin, Peruvian pepper, poison ivy, poison oak, sumac, smoke tree, marula and cuachalalate.
Pokeweed. This fast-growing plant, with large green leaves and dark berries in the fall, is poisonous and has been known to kill livestock that eat pokeweed growing in pastures. How to avoid toxic ...
Mango malformation Fusarium subglutinans (Note: some debate remains as to complete etiology of this disease.) Mucor rot Mucor circinelloides. Mushroom root rot Armillaria tabescens. Phoma blight Phoma glomerata. Phyllosticta leaf spot Phyllosticta mortonii Phyllosticta citricarpa Guignardia citricarpa [teleomorph] Phyllosticta anacardiacearum
Mangifera indica, commonly known as mango, is an evergreen [3] species of flowering plant in the family Anacardiaceae. [4] It is a large fruit tree , capable of growing to a height and width of 30 m (100 ft). [ 5 ]