Recently, after writing about mangoes, I received the following email from Steve Huffman: “It might be worth mentioning that mango sap can cause skin irritation similar to poison ivy. When I was a ...

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Recently, after writing about mangoes, I received the following email from Steve Huffman: “It might be worth mentioning that mango sap can cause skin irritation similar to poison ivy.

I climbed a mango tree in our yard with very painful results.” This is an important reminder and makes perfect sense since mango is the botanical kin of poison ivy, possessing similarly dermatitic sap ...

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