Phytolacca bogotensis
in A. von Humboldt et al., Nov. Gen. Sp. 2: 183. 1817.
Plants to 2 m. Leaves: petiole 0.5–3 (–4) cm; blade broadly lanceolate to elliptic, to 18 × 7 cm, base obtuse to attenuate, apex acute to acuminate. Racemes dense, proximalmost pedicels sometimes bearing 2–few flowers, to 20 cm; peduncle to 5 (–8) cm; pedicel 2–4 mm. Flowers: sepals 5, white to red, oblong to ovate, subequal, 2–3 × 1.2–2 mm; stamens 7–12, in 1 whorl (rarely, partial 2d whorl present); carpels 7–10, fully connate or sometimes connate only in proximal 1/2; ovary 7–10-loculed. Berries green-brown becoming dark-brown, 5–8 mm diam. Seeds black, thickly lenticular, 2.5–3.3 mm, shiny. 2n = 36.
Phenology: Flowering; fruiting summer–fall.
Habitat: Chrome ore piles
Elevation: 10 m
Distribution
Introduced; Md., South America
Discussion
Selected References
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Lower Taxa
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lenticular +
acute;acuminate +
obtuse;attenuate +
green-brown becoming dark-brown +
oblate +
veined +
broadly lanceolate;elliptic +
connate +
compound +
curved +
symmetric +
connate +
hypogynous +
2;few +
1-12[-18]-carpellate +
5-100-flowered +
true +
alternate +
undulate +
7-10-loculed +
1-12[-18]-locular +
basal +
superior +
absent +
absent +
in A. von Humboldt et al., Nov. Gen. Sp. +
1817 +
dense +
black +
shiny +
lenticular +
imbricate +
white;red +
persistent +
? (?) +
oblong;ovate +
subequal +
7;12 +
absent +
minute +
persisting +
distinct +
Phytolacca bogotensis +
Phytolacca +
species +
perennial +