Taxon: Phytolacca dioica L.

• the 12 historical accession(s) associated with this name.
• Check PlantSearch database of Botanic Gardens Conservation International for possible non-NPGS germplasm.

Common names:

• belhambra   (Source: Weeds SAfr 2001 ) – English
  
• umbratree   (Source: Aust Pl Common Names ) – English
  
• bobbejaandruifboom   (Source: Weeds SAfr 2001 ) – Afrikaans
  
• bella sombra   (Source: Econ Pl Aust ) – Spanish
  
• ombú   (Source: F BuenAir ) – Spanish
  
• trädkermes   (Source: Vara kulturvaxt namn ) – Swedish
  

Economic importance:

• Environmental: ornamental   (fide F BuenAir; Zander ed14)
  
• Vertebrate poisons: mammals   (fide Kellerman et al.)
  
• Weed   (fide Weeds SAfr 2001)
  

More:

View toxicology references for Phytolacca dioica from FDA Poisonous Plant Database

View ethnobotanical data from Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Distributional range:

• SOUTHERN AMERICA
  Brazil: Brazil
  Western South America: Bolivia; Ecuador; Peru
  Southern South America: Argentina; Paraguay; Uruguay

• naturalized elsewhere

• also cultivated

References:

• Aldén, B., S. Ryman & M. Hjertson. 2009. Våra kulturväxters namn - ursprung och användning. Formas, Stockholm (Handbook on Swedish cultivated and utility plants, their names and origin).
• Brako, L. & J. L. Zarucchi. 1993. Catalogue of the flowering plants and gymnosperms of Peru. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 45.
• Cabrera, A. L., ed. 1965–1970. Flora de la provincia de Buenos Aires.
• Dubs, B. 1998. Prodromus florae matogrossensis. Botany of Mato Grosso, series B, no. 3.
• Encke, F. et al. 1993. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 14. Auflage.
• Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). 2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource).
• Gómez-Pompa, A. & V. Sosa, eds. 1978–. Flora de Veracruz.
• Harling, G. & B. Sparre, eds. 1973–. Flora of Ecuador. 46:35a.
• Henderson, L. 2001. Alien weeds and invasive plants: a complete guide to declared weeds and invaders in South Africa. Plant Protection Research Institute, Handbook 12.
• Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS). Australian plant common name database (on-line resource).
• Kellerman, T. S. et al. 1988. Plant poisonings and mycotoxicoses of livestock in Southern Africa.
• Killeen, T. J. et al. 1993. Guia de arboles de Bolivia.
• Lazarides, M. & B. Hince. 1993. CSIRO Handbook of Economic Plants of Australia.

More:

Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Phytolacca dioica.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Phytolacca dioica.

Search Biodiversity Heritage Library for historical publications referencing Phytolacca dioica.

Check other web resources for Phytolacca dioica L.:

• Flora del Conosur: Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares del Conosur
• TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
• ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
• AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
• Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.

Check other web resources for images:

• PlantSystematics.org
• Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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