Nick Maclaren wrote:
In article ,
"Jeff Layman" writes:

Again, people vary in sensitivity. Euphorbia is one of the groups
where most people are sensitive to the sap, though it is not even
in the same league as the sumachs.

Depends which member of the Euphorbiaceae you are looking at:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manchineel

I didn't know of that one! Even if that is only mostly true, it
does sound worse than even the Toxicodendron genus.


I really does seem to be true. Google has many references to its toxicity
(topical and systemic). I don't know of any other plant that has such toxic
sap that rain falling through its leaves onto unprotected skin can be a
hazard.

Sometimes it is quite fortuitous that some plants can't survive in our
climate!

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Jeff
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