Phytolacca icosandra
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| Phytolacca icosandra L. |
Phytolacca icosandra, sometimes known as Tropical pokeweed, is a species of flowering plant found in the neotropics, introduced into the warmer areas of the western USA.
It reaches up to 3 m in height, with leaves of 10-20 cm by 5-9 cm. The flowers are produced in racemes 10-15 cm long, each flower 5-10 mm diameter, with 8-20 stamens (icosandra means "twenty stamens"). The fruit is a black berry, 5-8 mm diameter.
The herbal cure hongosan is derived from this plant.
[edit] External links
- Phytolacca icosandra in the Flora of North America
- description and photographs (in Spanish): Área de Conservación Guanacaste, Costa Rica
- description and one photograph (in Spanish): the Secretaría del Medio Ambiente y Recursos Naturales, SEMARNAT, the Mexican government's Secretariat of Environment and Natural Resources
