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  2. Toxicodendron vernicifluum - Wikipedia

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    Toxicodendron vernicifluum (formerly Rhus verniciflua [1]), also known by the common name Chinese lacquer tree, [1] [2] [3] is an Asian tree species of genus Toxicodendron native to China and the Indian subcontinent, and cultivated in regions of China, Japan and Korea. [4]

  3. Toxicodendron - Wikipedia

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    Toxicodendron is a genus of flowering plants in the sumac family, Anacardiaceae. It contains trees, shrubs and woody vines, including poison ivy, poison oak, and the lacquer tree. All members of the genus produce the skin-irritating oil urushiol, which can cause a severe allergic reaction.

  4. Toxicodendron succedaneum - Wikipedia

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    It is used to produce lacquer.In Vietnam, lacquer is used to produce lacquer paintings, known as sơn mài, from resin of the tree.. In East Asia, in particular in Japan, traditional candle fuel (also called Japan wax) was produced, among other sumac plants, from Toxicodendron succedaneum crushed fruits rather than beeswax or animal fats.

  5. Rhus potaninii - Wikipedia

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    Rhus potaninii, the Chinese varnish tree, Chinese sumac (names it shares with other species), Potanin's sumac, or Potanin's lacquer tree, is a species of flowering plant in the family Anacardiaceae. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] [ 5 ] It is native to central and southern China. [ 2 ]

  6. Urushiol-induced contact dermatitis - Wikipedia

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    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]

  7. Lacquerware - Wikipedia

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    The best known lacquer, an urushiol-based lacquer common in East Asia, is obtained from the dried sap of Toxicodendron vernicifluum. Other types of lacquers are processed from a variety of plants and insects. The traditions of lacquer work in Southeast Asia, South Asia and the Americas are also ancient and

  8. Lacquer - Wikipedia

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    Lacquer is a type of hard and usually shiny coating or finish applied to materials such as wood or metal. ... which depends on the species of plant producing the ...

  9. Urushiol - Wikipedia

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    Urushiol is an oleoresin contained within the sap of poison ivy and related plants, and after injury to the plant, or late in the fall, the sap leaks to the surface of the plant, where under certain temperature and humidity conditions the urushiol becomes a blackish lacquer after being in contact with oxygen. [15] [16] [11] Urushi lacquer is ...