Thank you Andrew.

Poison ivy I know! My dad has always been extremely sensitive. As a teenager
he got dosed with smoke (a neighbor was clearing brush) and landed in the
hospital. His breathing passages were inflamed, his eyes swollen shut. He
couldn't eat. This in the days before antihistamines. He was laid up for
weeks. A few years later he developed a case while on an aircraft carrier -
800 miles offshore after weeks at sea. The ships surgeon was mightily
impressed.

Understandably I was raised to have respect for this plant. Dad taught me to
recognize it as soon as I could walk, in all its growth habits and it is a
marvelously adaptable plant. I can ID it even without leaves.

I'm not overly sensitive. The only case I ever had was when I was pregnant
and pregnancy tends to lower immunity and increase all kinds of
sensitivities. My contribution to the family legacy is an allergy to
antihistamines. (Yep, you read that right.) So I like to steer clear of
potentially dangerous allergens.

In the pictures I have, poison bush doesn't look quite like poison ivy. But
the apple-like fruit sounds like the cashew apple.

I guess I'll just stay out of the shrubbery in the Bahamas.

Ellen