SC - Sumac

jeffrey stewart heilveil heilveil at students.uiuc.edu
Thu Mar 5 15:20:31 PST 1998


Actually, at one point, they were all anacardium, but systemists do so
love their alterations.  Once again, sorry for the mix-up in terminology.

On Thu, 5 Mar 1998, Decker, Terry D. wrote:

> I believe the other two genera are Anacardium, from which we get cashews,
> and Pistacia, which provides pistachios via P. vera.
> 
> The mango is also a member of the Anacardiaceae, but I don't know the genus.
> 
> Toxicodendron also encompasses poison ivy and poison oak.
> 
> Bear
> 
> > At 02:17 5-3-98 -0600, Bogdan wrote:
> > >There are four common genera of "sumac."  Rhus typhina (staghorn), Rhus
> > >glabra (smooth sumac), and Rhus aromatica (fragrant sumac) are all fine
> > to
> > >use in food.  <snip>  Toxicodenron
> > >vernix (poison sumac) actually doesn't look a lot like a sumac, and it
> > >also has a smooth stem.
> > 
> > You only mentioned two genera - what are the other two?
> > 
> > 
> > Alasdair mac Iain
> > 
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