phytolacca

Other names for species of Phytolacca include inkberry and ombú.

Related genera Petivera and Phytolacca are known to have many bioactive compounds.

Independent researchers are investigating phytolacca's use in treating AIDS and cancer patients.

Sore as if bruised with a sore throat, consider Phytolacca which also has a hot red face and cold limbs and body.

Phytolacca decandra (Poke root) is an ornamental plant in the Phytolaccaceae family.

Phytolacca acinosa Roxb.

Phytolacca polyandra Batalin - Central and southwest China (syn.

Phytolacca sandwicensis Endl.

Phytolacca americana var.

Phytolacca heterotepala H.Walt.

His most famous experiments involved immersing the roots of living plants in the red juice of Phytolacca berries in order to observe circulation.

Dairy farmers still use phytolacca, an extract made from the berries and roots, and mix it with lanolin to soothe cow udders.

Phytolacca chilensis Miers - central Chile (possibly synonymous with P. icosandra)

Phytolacca bogotensis Kunth - Tropical and subtropical South America (sometimes included in P. icosandra).

Phytolacca rivinoides Kunth & C.D.Bouché - Central and South America.

The great bodily soreness as if bruised marks out Arnica (like Baptisia,Phytolacca,Rhus tox.

Phytolacca thyrsiflora Fenzl ex J.A.Schmidt - Northern South America.

Plants poisonous to livestock, including Atropa, Chelidonium, Cicuta, Digitalis, Lobelia, Phytolacca, and Rheum.

Phytolacca americana is used as a folk medicine and as food, although all parts of it must be considered toxic unless, as folk recipes claim, it is "properly prepared".

The Ombú Phytolacca dioica grows as a tree on the pampas of South America and is one of the few providers of shade on the open grassland.