Plant Details

Accepted name:: Phytolacca octandra L. [Phytolaccaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
amahashe ayatsala	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
inkweed	Other	Med. Pl. of Yaegl Community, Australia. (Packer et al., 2012)
red ink plant	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
red inkplant	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
umnanja	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
fruit		Med. Pl. of Yaegl Community, Australia. (Packer et al., 2012)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 2 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Phytolacca americana var. mexicana L. Sp. Pl.: 441 (1753).
Phytolacca octandra var. grandifolia Moq. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 13(2): 32 (1849).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Phytolacca octandra	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015)
Phytolacca octandra L.	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Med. & Pois. Pl. 1 (Padua et al., 1999) Med. Pl. of Yaegl Community, Australia. (Packer et al., 2012) Med. and Magical Pl. of S Africa (Arnold et al., 2002) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020) SOTWP 2016: Useful Pl. & Fungi Project (2015) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)

Phytolacca octandra

Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015)

Phytolacca octandra L.

Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
Med. & Pois. Pl. 1 (Padua et al., 1999)
Med. Pl. of Yaegl Community, Australia. (Packer et al., 2012)
Med. and Magical Pl. of S Africa (Arnold et al., 2002)
Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
SOTWP 2016: Useful Pl. & Fungi Project (2015)
U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)

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