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Magnoliopsida
Phytolacca icosandra L.
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Isotype for Phytolacca venezuelensis O.C. Schmidt
Catalog Number: US 602007
Collection: Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Botany
Verification Degree: Original publication and alleged type specimen examined
Preparation: Pressed specimen
Collector(s): H. F. Pittier
Year Collected: 1913
Locality: Pico Denaiguata., Miranda, Venezuela, South America
Elevation (m): 2400 to 2765
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Root and Fruit: Juice is purgative.
Isotype for Securidaca cristata A.C. Sm.
Catalog Number: US 1482489
Collection: Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Botany
Verification Degree: Original publication and alleged type specimen examined
Preparation: Pressed specimen
Collector(s): A. Lawrance
Year Collected: 1932
Locality: Mt. Chapon region, NW of Bogota., Boyacá, Colombia, South America
Elevation (m): 1067 to 1067
- Isotype: Smith, A. C. 1933. Phytologia. 1: 20.
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Phytolacca icosandra, sometimes known as Tropical pokeweed, is a species of flowering plant found in the neotropics and introduced into the warmer areas of the western USA.
It reaches up to 3 m in height, with leaves of 10-20 cm by 9-14 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.
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Degraded deciduous forests
French Guiana: epinard de Cayenne.
Disturbed areas; 200-1000m.
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Plant introduced from India to French Guiana.
A bushy perennial, up to 1 m.
Frequent