| Phytolacca icosandra | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Caryophyllales |
| Family: | Phytolaccaceae |
| Genus: | Phytolacca |
| Species: | P. icosandra |
| Binomial name | |
| Phytolacca icosandra | |
Phytolacca icosandra, sometimes known as button pokeweed [1] or tropical pokeweed, [2] is a species of flowering plant found in the neotropics and introduced into the warmer areas of the western USA.
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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.
Raphides occur profusely in at least the leaves, red petioles and midribs. [3]
