🌿 Family

Phytolaccaceae

10 species · Plants

Plantae › Tracheophyta › Magnoliopsida › Caryophyllales › Phytolaccaceae

Petiveria alliacea is a herbaceous shrub native to the Americas, used as a bat and insect repellent.

Phytolacca acinosa Roxb., or Indian pokeweed, is a toxic Himalayan hyperaccumulator used in wild food and traditional medicine.

Phytolacca americana, common pokeweed, is a toxic North American perennial herb with uses in food, research, and dye.

Phytolacca dioica (ombú) is a large South American evergreen tree with soft wood, poison sap, and cultural significance, sometimes invasive.

Mexican pokeweed (Phytolacca heterotepala) is a Phytolaccaceae species native to northeast Mexico, introduced to California and Portugal.

Phytolacca icosandra, also called button or tropical pokeweed, is a flowering plant native to the neotropics, introduced to warm western US.

Phytolacca rivinoides, commonly Venezuelan pokeweed, is a shrub species in the Phytolaccaceae family.

Rivina humilis (pigeonberry) is an evergreen perennial herb grown ornamentally as a shade-tolerant groundcover.

Phytolacca japonica is a herbaceous perennial pokeweed native to eastern Asia, found in forest edges, ravines and riversides.

Trichostigma octandrum, commonly called hoopvine, is a Neotropical shrub or vine with multiple ornamental, practical and medicinal uses.

Related Families

Cactaceae 482 species Polygonaceae 248 species Amaranthaceae 240 species Caryophyllaceae 231 species Aizoaceae 87 species Droseraceae 70 species Montiaceae 49 species Nyctaginaceae 39 species

Download iNature for free. 10 identifications on us. No account needed. No credit card required.