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Ethnobotanical Plant Rhus radicans

Common Name
Poison-Ivy

Activities

Uses for this plant.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity Country/Region Reference
Cancer US(GA) Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.
Poison US(Blackfoot) Duke, 1992 *
Poison Guatemala Standley, P.C., and J.A. Steyermark. 1952. Flora of Guatemala. Fieldiana Botany, vol, 24, pt. 3. Museum of Natl. History, Chicago.