Higher classification Pokeweeds | Genus Phytolacca Rank Species | |
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Similar Phytolacca, Phytolacca americana, Phytolaccaceae |
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.

Tropical pokeweed (Phytolacca icosandra) - part 1
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, 5-8 mm diameter.





References
Phytolacca icosandra Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA