''Phytolacca icosandra'', sometimes known as button pokeweed
or tropical pokeweed,
is a species of
flowering plant found in the
neotropics and introduced into the warmer areas of the western USA.
It reaches up to 3 m in height, with leaves of 10–20 cm by 9–14 cm. The
flowers are produced in racemes 10–15 cm long, each flower 5–10 mm diameter, with 8-20 stamens (''icosandra'' means "twenty stamens"). The fruit is a black
berry
A berry is a small, pulpy, and often edible fruit. Typically, berries are juicy, rounded, brightly colored, sweet, sour or tart, and do not have a stone or pit, although many pips or seeds may be present. Common examples are strawberries, raspb ...
, 5–8 mm diameter.
References
External links
Phytolacca icosandra in the ''Flora of North America''(in Spanish): Área de Conservación Guanacaste, Costa Rica
(in Spanish): the Secretaría del Medio Ambiente y Recursos Naturales,
SEMARNAT, the Mexican government's Secretariat of Environment and Natural Resources
icosandra
Plants described in 1759
Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus
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