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<big>''[[Phytolacca americana]]'' L.</big>
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:Family: Phytolaccaceae
== Synonyms ==
*''Phytolacca decandra'' L.
== Vernacular names ==
*Pokeweed (En). *Raisin d'Amérique, morelle à grappe (Fr)
*Laos: kub nyuj (Hmong)
*Vietnam: thương lục.
== Observations ==
*Perennial herb, up to 4 m tall, with branched stems and tuberous roots. *Leaves ovate-lanceolate, 10-40 cm × 4-12 cm. *Fruit a berry, subglobose, 1.2 cm in diameter, 10-lobed, dark red, in racemose infructescences. The plant is often distributed by birds which eat the fruits.
== Selected sources ==