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Phytolacca octandra
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Leopard Rock Game Reserve, Vumba
Photo: Bart Wursten
Ndundu Lodge, Vumba
Photo: Bart Wursten
Leopard Rock Game Reserve, Vumba
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| Common names: | Inkberry (English) |
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| Status: | Probably introduced |
| Description: |
A bushy perennial, up to 1 m. |
| Notes: | |
| Derivation of specific name: | octandra: with 8 stamens |
| Habitat: | In disturbed places and as a weed of cultivation. Occasionally along the margins of forest. |
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| Flowering time: | Oct - Mar |
| Worldwide distribution: | Native to S America but now naturalized throughout the tropical regions of the world. |
| Mozambique distribution: | MS,M |
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| Endemic status: | |
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| Insects (whose larvae eat this species): | |
| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
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Other sources of information about Phytolacca octandra:
African Plant Database: Phytolacca octandraBiodiversity Explorer (Biodiversity of southern Africa): Phytolacca octandra
ePIC (electronic Plant Information Center): Phytolacca octandra
Flora Zambesiaca web site: Phytolacca octandra
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GRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network) taxonomy for plants report for Phytolacca octandra
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Phytolacca octandra
JSTOR Plant Science: Phytolacca octandra
Kew Herbarium catalogue: Phytolacca octandra
Tropicos: Phytolacca octandra
West African Plants database: Phytolacca octandra
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