Phytolacca icosandra

Linnaeus

Syst. Nat. ed. 10, 2: 1040. 1759.

Common names: Tropical pokeweed
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 4. Treatment on page 9. Mentioned on page 6.

Plants to 3 m. Leaves: petiole 0.5–6 cm; blade elliptic to obovate or rarely lanceolate, to 30 × 15 cm, base obtuse to attenuate, apex acute. Inflorescences spikes or spikelike, surpassing subtending leaves, to 30 cm; peduncle to 10 cm; pedicel 0.5–2 mm. Flowers: sepals 5, white or pink to pale reddish, broadly elliptic, equal, to 3 × 2 mm; stamens (8–)10–22(–30), usually in 2 whorls; carpels mostly 6–10, connate; ovary 6–10-loculed. Berries purple-black, 7–8 mm diam. Seeds black, thickly lenticular, 2.5–3 mm, shiny.


Phenology: Flowering summer–winter.
Habitat: Disturbed areas, chrome ore piles
Elevation: 10-1800 m

Distribution

Introduced; Ariz., Calif., Md., Mexico, West Indies, Central America, South America.

Discussion

Some authors (e.g., J. I. Davis 1985) include Phytolacca octandra in the synonymy of P. icosandra.

Lower Taxa

None.
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Mark A. Nienaber +  and John W. Thieret +
Linnaeus +
Tropical pokeweed +
Ariz. +, Calif. +, Md. +, Mexico +, West Indies +, Central America +  and South America. +
10-1800 m +
Disturbed areas, chrome ore piles +
Flowering summer–winter. +
Syst. Nat. ed. +
steinmann1997a +
Phytolacca icosandra +
Phytolacca +
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