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2380.000 Phytolacca
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 |
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Links to taxa: View: living plant images - herbarium specimen images - all images for this genus
| Species | Links to maps | FZ divisions | Content |
| dioica L. | Altitude Rainfall Geology | C | Description, Image |
| dodecandra L'Hér. | Altitude Rainfall Geology | N,W,C,E,S | Description, Image |
| octandra L. | Altitude Rainfall Geology | C,E | Description, Image |
Other sources of information about Phytolacca:
Flora of Zimbabwe: cultivated Phytolacca pageFlora 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
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