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|accepted_name=Phytolacca octandra
|accepted_authority=Linnaeus
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Sp. Pl. ed.
|place=2, 1: 631. 1762
|year=1762
}}
|common_names=Red inkplant
|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Phytolaccaceae;Phytolacca;Phytolacca octandra
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Phytolaccaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Phytolacca]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Phytolacca octandra]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 4
|mention_page=page 6
|treatment_page=page 9
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Plants </b>to 2 m. <b>Leaves</b>: petiole 0.5–3 cm; blade lanceolate to elliptic, to 22 × 7.5 cm, base obtuse to attenuate, apex acute to acute-acuminate, sometimes mucronate. <b>Inflorescences</b> axillary or terminal spikes or spikelike, equaling or shorter than subtending leaves, to 14 cm; peduncle to 3 cm; pedicel absent or to 2 mm. <b>Flowers</b>: sepals 5, white to pinkish or reddish, oblong to ovate, subequal, 2–3 × 1.2–2 mm; stamens (7–)8–10, in 1 whorl; carpels 7–10, connate; ovary 7–10-loculed. <b>Berries</b> greenish, 4.5–6 mm diam. <b>Seeds</b> black, lenticular, 2 mm, shiny.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering summer–fall northward, probably year-round southward.
|habitat=Disturbed areas
|elevation=200-1000 m
|distribution=Ariz.;Wis.;Mexico;West Indies;Central America;South America;Asia;Africa;Pacific Islands.
|discussion=<p><i>Phytolacca octandra</i> is a species with nearly worldwide distribution. It is closely similar to, and perhaps not specifically distinct from, <i>P. icosandra</i> (J. I. Davis 1985).</p>
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name=Phytolacca octandra
|authority=Linnaeus
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Phytolaccaceae
|phenology=Flowering summer–fall northward, probably year-round southward.
|habitat=Disturbed areas
|elevation=200-1000 m
|distribution=Ariz.;Wis.;Mexico;West Indies;Central America;South America;Asia;Africa;Pacific Islands.
|reference=None
|publication title=Sp. Pl. ed.
|publication year=1762
|special status=
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|genus=Phytolacca
|species=Phytolacca octandra
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