EPPO Global Database

Phytolacca octandra(PHTOC)

Overview
Code created in: 1996-10-28

Basic information
  • EPPO Code: PHTOC
  • Preferred name: Phytolacca octandra
  • Authority: Linnaeus

Notes

Mexico, Central America, South America (Venezuela to Bolivia, Paraguay and northern Argentina, eastern Brazil). Introduced in Sri Lanka, Malesia (Malaya, Sumatra, Java), Kenya, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, South Africa, Madagascar, Australia (except Tasmania)


Common names
Name Language
eight-stamen pokeweed English (US)
forest inkberry English
inkweed English (AU)
red inkplant English (US)
achtmännige Kermesbeere German