Vasilis Teodoridis:
Phytolaccaceae | Phytolacca
1. Phytolacca acinosa Roxburgh; Fl. Ind.; ed. 1832. 2: 458. 1832.
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Phytolacca acinosa
Credit: Harvard University Herbaria
Phytolacca esculenta Van Houtte; P. pekinensis Hance.
Herbs perennial; glabrous; 0.5-1.5 m tall. Roots obconic; thick; fleshy. Stems erect; green or reddish purple; terete; longitudinally grooved; fleshy; branched. Petiole 1.5-3 cm; leaf blade elliptic or lanceolate-elliptic; 10-30 x 4.5-15 cm; papery; base cuneate; apex acuminate or sharply pointed. Racemes erect; terete; usually shorter than leaves; densely flowered; peduncle 1-4 cm. Pedicel 6-10(-13) mm. Flowers bisexual; ca. 8 mm in diam. Tepals 5; white or yellowish green; elliptic; ovate; or oblong; 3-4 x ca. 2 mm; equal; after anthesis reflexed. Stamens 8-10; ca. as long as tepals; filaments persistent; white; subulate; base broad; anthers pink; elliptic. Carpels usually 8; distinct. Styles erect; short; apex curved. Infructescence erect. Berry purplish black when mature; oblate; ca. 7 mm in diam. Seeds reniform; ca. 3 mm; 3-angulate; smooth. Fl. May-Aug; fr. Jun-Oct. 2n = 18; 36*; 72.
Valleys; hillsides; forest understories; forest margins; roadsides; cultivated beside houses; moist fertile lands; or a weed; 500-3400 m. Anhui; Fujian; Guangdong; Guangxi; Guizhou; Hebei; Henan; Hubei; Jiangsu; Liaoning; Shaanxi; Shandong; Sichuan; Taiwan; Xizang; Yunnan; Zhejiang [Bhutan; India; Japan; Korea; Myanmar; Sikkim; Vietnam].