Plant Details

Accepted name:: Phytolacca icosandra L. [Phytolaccaceae]
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Source:: World Checklist of Vascular Plants
Infraspecies:: 2

Phytolacca icosandra var. anomala Proctor

Phytolacca icosandra var. icosandra

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
almorsaca	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)
amole	Other	Pl. Res. of the Tehuacán-Cuicatlán Valley, Mexico (Casas et al., 2001)
button pokeweed	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)
congora	Other	Guía de Pl. Med. en Valle de México (Fonseca Chávez et al., 2020)
dumbout content	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016)
fitolaca	Other	Guía de Pl. Med. en Valle de México (Fonseca Chávez et al., 2020) Pl. Med. de S.Francisco Tlaltenco Tláhuac (Ortiz Palacios et al., 2017)
jaboncillo	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)
kongaran	Other	Guía de Pl. Med. en Valle de México (Fonseca Chávez et al., 2020)
kongarani	Other	Guía de Pl. Med. en Valle de México (Fonseca Chávez et al., 2020)
k’onguarani	Other	Guía de Pl. Med. en Valle de México (Fonseca Chávez et al., 2020)
mazorquilla	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024) Guía de Pl. Med. en Valle de México (Fonseca Chávez et al., 2020)
moco de pavo	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016)
niamol	Other	Guía de Pl. Med. en Valle de México (Fonseca Chávez et al., 2020)
phytolacca icosandra whole	Other	Global Substance Registration System (GSRS) (FDA/NCATS, 2024)
red inkplant	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)
reventón	Other	Guía de Pl. Med. en Valle de México (Fonseca Chávez et al., 2020)
scorpion-tail	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)
trois rivieres	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016)
tropical pokeweed	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)
t´eel koox	Other	Guía de la Col. de Pl. Med. de PCTY (Méndez González et al., 2016)
t´el kokox	Other	Guía de la Col. de Pl. Med. de PCTY (Méndez González et al., 2016)
t’eel koox	Other	Manual de Propagación de Pl. Med. (Durán García et al., 2016)
t’elkokox	Other	Manual de Propagación de Pl. Med. (Durán García et al., 2016)
t’elkox	Other	Manual de Propagación de Pl. Med. (Durán García et al., 2016)
xt´eel koox	Other	Guía de la Col. de Pl. Med. de PCTY (Méndez González et al., 2016)
xt’eelkoox	Other	Manual de Propagación de Pl. Med. (Durán García et al., 2016)
xt’elkox	Other	Manual de Propagación de Pl. Med. (Durán García et al., 2016)
yyamolin	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
fruits		Manual de Propagación de Pl. Med. (Durán García et al., 2016)
fruits		Guía de la Col. de Pl. Med. de PCTY (Méndez González et al., 2016)
leaves, fruits, roots		Guía de Pl. Med. en Valle de México (Fonseca Chávez et al., 2020)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 1 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Sarcoca icosandra (L.) Raf. Fl. Tellur. 3: 55 (1837).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Phytolacca icosandra	Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016)
Phytolacca icosandra L.	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024) Global Substance Registration System (GSRS) (FDA/NCATS, 2024) Guía de Pl. Med. en Valle de México (Fonseca Chávez et al., 2020) Guía de la Col. de Pl. Med. de PCTY (Méndez González et al., 2016) Manual de Propagación de Pl. Med. (Durán García et al., 2016) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) Pl. Med. de S.Francisco Tlaltenco Tláhuac (Ortiz Palacios et al., 2017) Pl. Res. of the Tehuacán-Cuicatlán Valley, Mexico (Casas et al., 2001) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)

Phytolacca icosandra

Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016)

Phytolacca icosandra L.

GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)
Global Substance Registration System (GSRS) (FDA/NCATS, 2024)
Guía de Pl. Med. en Valle de México (Fonseca Chávez et al., 2020)
Guía de la Col. de Pl. Med. de PCTY (Méndez González et al., 2016)
Manual de Propagación de Pl. Med. (Durán García et al., 2016)
Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Pl. Med. de S.Francisco Tlaltenco Tláhuac (Ortiz Palacios et al., 2017)
Pl. Res. of the Tehuacán-Cuicatlán Valley, Mexico (Casas et al., 2001)
World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)

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