2380.000 Phytolacca L.

Description of the genus

Trees, shrubs or herbs. Inflorescences terminal or leaf-opposed racemes (in ours). Flowers bisexual or unisexual. Sepals free, subequal, sometimes reflexed. Fruit of 4-many free or connate carpels, fleshy, ± spherical.

Derivation of name: phyton - plant, lakha - red dye (Persian); referring to the dye produced by the fruits.

Worldwide: 25 species, in tropical and warm areas

Phytolacca dodecandra

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SpeciesLinks to mapsFZ divisionsContent
dioica L.CDescription, Image
dodecandra L'Hér.N,W,C,E,SDescription, Image
octandra L.C,EDescription, Image

Other sources of information about Phytolacca:

Flora of Zimbabwe: cultivated Phytolacca page
Flora of Mozambique: Phytolacca
ePIC (electronic Plant Information Center): Phytolacca
Flora Zambesiaca web site: Phytolacca
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
GRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network) taxonomy for plants report for Phytolacca
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Phytolacca
Kew Herbarium catalogue: Phytolacca

Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings, 2002-13

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. & Ballings, P. (2013). Flora of Zimbabwe: Genus page: Phytolacca.
http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=547, retrieved 21 May 2013

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