Phytolacca heterotepala H.Walter

Mexican pokeweed (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Caryophyllales > Phytolaccaceae > Phytolacca

Characteristics

Plants to 2.5 m. Leaves: petiole to 5 cm; blade lanceolate to ovate, to 13 × 6 cm, base obtuse, apex acute to acute-mucronate. Ra-cemes open, mostly axillary, to 25 cm; peduncle to 5.5 cm; pedicel 2-5 mm. Flowers: sepals 5(-8), greenish, oblong, strikingly unequal, largest ca. twice as wide as smallest, 3-4 × 1.5-2.2 mm; stamens 15-22, usually in 2 whorls; carpels 8-11, connate; ovary 8-11-loculed. Berries purple-black, 6-7 mm diam. Seeds black, lenticular, 2-2.5 mm, shiny.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
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Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 2.5
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Hardiness (USDA) 6-11

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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Distribution

Phytolacca heterotepala world distribution map, present in Mexico, Portugal, and United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:195821-2
WFO ID wfo-0001091543
COL ID 8SZNP
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Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Phytolacca heterotepala