Comments on: Mystery Tree: Grevillea robusta http://www.calacademy.org/academy/exhibits/naturalist_center/nnotebook/?p=680 Educational programs, games and more Thu, 17 Jan 2013 22:02:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: nature http://www.calacademy.org/academy/exhibits/naturalist_center/nnotebook/?p=680&cpage=1#comment-96 nature Wed, 17 Feb 2010 18:24:32 +0000 http://www.calacademy.org/academy/exhibits/naturalist_center/nnotebook/?p=680#comment-96 That is awful. I had not realized that these plants were common allergens until you mentioned it. Here are a few websites from Australia and New Zealand where many grevillea species are common that talk about reactions to grevilleas:

http://asgap.org.au/APOL2009/mar09-s1.html

http://www.dermnet.org.nz/dermatitis/plants/grevillea.html

]]> By: Ross http://www.calacademy.org/academy/exhibits/naturalist_center/nnotebook/?p=680&cpage=1#comment-95 Ross Tue, 16 Feb 2010 22:48:27 +0000 http://www.calacademy.org/academy/exhibits/naturalist_center/nnotebook/?p=680#comment-95 Cutting one of these up for firewood, after just felled, I got a very severe skin reaction from the sawdust. Took about 3 weeks for blisters to be replaced with new skin. Itching remained for another 3 weeks.

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