Phytolacca bogotensis Kunth

Southern pokeweed (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Caryophyllales > Phytolaccaceae > Phytolacca

Characteristics

Plants to 2 m. Leaves: petiole 0.5-3(-4) cm; blade broadly lanceolate to elliptic, to 18 × 7 cm, base obtuse to attenuate, apex acute to acuminate. Racemes dense, proximalmost pedicels sometimes bearing 2-few flowers, to 20 cm; peduncle to 5(-8) cm; pedicel 2-4 mm. Flowers: sepals 5, white to red, oblong to ovate, subequal, 2-3 × 1.2-2 mm; stamens 7-12, in 1 whorl (rarely, partial 2d whorl present); carpels 7-10, fully connate or sometimes connate only in proximal 1/2; ovary 7-10-loculed. Berries green-brown becoming dark brown, 5-8 mm diam. Seeds black, thickly lenticular, 2.5-3.3 mm, shiny. 2n = 36.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
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Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 2.0
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

Uses medicinal
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Cultivation

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Germination duration (days) 30 - 60
Germination temperacture (C°) 18 - 21
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Images

Leaf

Phytolacca bogotensis leaf picture by Lemaire Romain (cc-by-sa)
Phytolacca bogotensis leaf picture by Erin Possehl (cc-by-sa)

Flower

Phytolacca bogotensis flower picture by Lemaire Romain (cc-by-sa)
Phytolacca bogotensis flower picture by Matiz Enrique Matiz (cc-by-sa)

Fruit

Phytolacca bogotensis fruit picture by Bibiana Marín (cc-by-sa)
Phytolacca bogotensis fruit picture by T Casey (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Phytolacca bogotensis world distribution map, present in Argentina, Bolivia (Plurinational State of), Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Paraguay, United States of America, and Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:323291-2
WFO ID wfo-0000482065
COL ID 4HM9K
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Synonyms

Phytolacca australis Phytolacca parviflora Phytolacca micrantha Phytolacca bogotensis