Lithraea

{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}} {{Automatic taxobox |image = Lithrea caustica fruits.JPG |image_caption = ''[[Lithraea caustica]]'' |taxon = Lithraea |authority = Miers ex [[William Jackson Hooker|Hook.]] & Arn. |synonyms = ''Lithrea'' <small>Miers ex Hook. & Arn.</small><ref name="GRIN">{{cite web |url=http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/genus.pl?6902 |title=''Lithraea'' Miers ex Hook. & Arn. |work=Germplasm Resources Information Network |publisher=United States Department of Agriculture |date=2009-11-23 |access-date=2010-02-12}}</ref> |subdivision_ranks = [[Species]] |subdivision = ''[[Lithraea brasiliensis]]''<br /> ''[[Lithraea caustica]]''<br /> ''[[Lithraea molleoides]]'' }}

'''''Lithraea''''' is a [[genus]] of three species of [[flowering plant]]s in the [[cashew]] family, [[Anacardiaceae]]. It is native to Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Paraguay, and Uruguay. They are [[dioecious]] trees with poisonous sap that can induce [[contact dermatitis]].<ref>{{cite journal|jstor= 43927570|last1= Mitchell|first1= John D.|title= The Poisonous Anacardiaceae Genera of the World|journal= Advances in Economic Botany|year= 1990|volume= 8|pages= 103–129}}</ref>

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==External links== {{Commons category-inline|Lithraea|''Lithraea''}}

[[Category:Lithraea| ]] [[Category:Anacardiaceae genera]] [[Category:Dioecious plants]]