Phytolacca americana

These images can help to accurately. Citation for this treatment: John W. Thieret, final revision by Thomas J. Phytolacca americana var. The young shoots are used as poke . Unreviewed-Annotation score: -Experimental evidence at transcript level i.

Common Name: AMERICAN POKEWEED. Plant Notes: This account contains P. Division ‎: ‎Tracheophyta – vascular plants, trach. A native weed of the eastern United States used in folk medicine as a purgative . A perennial shrub to 3m with a fleshy taproot. Found growing on roadsides and in moist waste or disturbed . Rakesh Maharjan, Yohta Fukuda, Naomichi Shimomura, . The homeopathic mother tincture is prepared .

American pokewee Pokeberry. Description: Erect herb 1–m high, often woody at base, stems and inflorescences . MITOGENIC ACTIVITY IN PHYTOLACCA AMERICANA (POKEWEED). Erect, branched taprooted perennial.

According to some accounts, its young leaves, after being boiled in two . It is in flower from August . FREE SHIPPING on qualified orders. Background: Amorpha fruticosa L. Each plant profile in the database contains nomenclature info, botanical. Datasheet Type(s): Pest, Host Plant, Exclude from ISC. Taxonomic Status: Accepted Related ITIS Name(s): . Hutcheson Memorial Forest, New Jersey.

It flowers in spring or at the beginning of the rainy season. Painting by Gail McIntosh. This weed is not known to be naturalised in Victoria. Category: information only not used for fragrances or flavors.

Recommendation for phytolacca americana root usage levels up to: not for fragrance use. Stems - To 3m tall, erect, glabrous, greenish to purple-re .

Also known as Pokewee Poke or . Quel que soit son nom, cette plante originaire . Light requirements: Full sun to light shade. This species is Native to certain parts of the United States . Ethnobotany: Young foliage is eaten, and some people plant seed just to get the young foliage. But beware, older foliage and the roots and seed are poisonous. Flowers in open racemes 6-cm. Early spring shoots of Poke.

Courtesy of the Southwest School of Botanical Medicine. Patches, William Curran, . Glabrous, erect, branche semi-succulent herb to c. The stem is erect, branche and usually red.