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Phytolacca americana - Ripe fruits - Click to enlarge!

Ripe fruits; Celeirós, Braga, Portugal; 10/2003 © Jörn Germer

Phytolacca americana - Flowers close-up - Click to enlarge!

Flowers close-up; Celeirós, Braga, Portugal; 8/2005 © Jörn Germer

Phytolacca americana - Inflorescence close-up - Click to enlarge!

Inflorescence close-up; Simpang Empat, West Sumatra, Indonesia; 4/1999 © Jörn Germer

Phytolacca americana - Inflorescence - Click to enlarge!

Inflorescence; Celeirós, Braga, Portugal; 10/2003 © Jörn Germer

Phytolacca americana - Infructescence - Click to enlarge!

Infructescence; Simpang Empat, West Sumatra, Indonesia; 4/1998 © Jörn Germer

Phytolacca americana - Flowering branch - Click to enlarge!

Flowering branch; Simpang Empat, West Sumatra, Indonesia; 4/1999 © Jörn Germer

Dataset

Identifier: 104
Date of entry: 05.09.2005
Last update: 22.05.2023

Common name

English: Poke, Pokeberry, Pokeweed

German: Amerikanische Kermesbeere

Mandarin: 垂序商陆 (chui xu shang lu)

Portuguese: Erva-tintureira

Classification

Kingdom: Plantae (2659)

  Phylum: Tracheophyta (2572)

    Class: Magnoliopsida (2167)

      Order: Caryophyllales (112)

        Family: Phytolaccaceae (4)(family description)

          Genus: Phytolacca (4)

            Epithet: americana L. (5)

Synonym: Phytolacca decandra L.

americana => from America

decandra => ten-stamened

Characteristics

Climate: temperate

Habitat: mesophytic

Habit: herb

Flower colour: green, white

External links

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World Flora Online, GBIF or IPNI

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