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Digestive Health | Last Active: May 18 5:45pm | Replies (35)Comment receiving replies
No, cashews are not in the poison ivy family.
Cashews belong to the Anacardiaceae family, which also includes mango, pistachio, and poison ivy. However, cashews do not contain the same urushiol oil that causes allergic reactions in poison ivy.
Therefore, while cashews are related to poison ivy in a botanical sense, they do not pose the same allergic risk
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I picked a mango and did not wash my hands. I must have touched my eye at some point because the next morning my eye was swollen shut. The dermatologist gave me a shot of cortisone and warned me against ever picking cashews. It is not the fruit but the oil from the tree that causes allergic reactions. Also the oil from poison ivy that can be spread to parts of body or washed off with warm soapy water.