- Types:
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Indian poke, Phytolacca acinosa
pokeweed of southeastern Asia and China
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Phytolacca americana, garget, pigeon berry, poke, scoke
tall coarse perennial American herb having small white flowers followed by blackish-red berries on long drooping racemes; young fleshy stems are edible; berries and root are poisonous
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Phytolacca dioica, bella sombra, ombu
fast-growing herbaceous evergreen tree of South America having a broad trunk with high water content and dark green oval leaves
