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Phytolacca icosandra

Phytolacca icosandra

L.
Mazorquilla

Family: Phytolaccaceae
Order: Caryophyllales
Class: Magnoliopsida
Phylum / Division: Magnoliophyta
Kingdom: Plantae

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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, 5–8 mm diameter.

Raphides occur profusely in at least the leaves, red petioles and midribs.

Source: Wikipedia, article Phytolacca icosandra. Content adapted from Wikipedia, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license. Accessed on 17/07/2026.





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Photography ID: 465401
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Nicolich
Canelones
Uruguay
10/02/2021
Francesca Mollica



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Record IDDateExact timeCountryProvince / departmentPlaceFilmedPhotographedRecorded vocalObservedHeardWounded or deadNumber of individualsUser or BibliographyDetail
147502202/10/2021UruguayCanelonesTerreno baldío junto a “tártagos” Ricinus communis, NicolichFrancesca Mollica
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Please use the following reference when citing this species account.
EcoRegistros. 2026. Phytolacca icosandra – Species account. Accessed from www.ecoregistros.org on 14/09/2026.