Phytolacca dioicaL. [family PHYTOLACCACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Burrows, J.E., 2011
Related name
Phytolacca dioica
Flora
Entry for PHYTOLACCA dioica L. [family PHYTOLACCACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of Tropical East Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of Tropical East Africa, page 1, (1971) Author: R. M. POLHILL
Names
PHYTOLACCA dioicaL. [family PHYTOLACCACEAE], ,
Information
a South American species, has been grown as an ornamental tree at various places in East Africa, e.g. Uganda, Entebbe Botanic Gardens, Chandler 1143 !,Kenya, Marsabit, T. Adamson in E.A.H. 11304!, Nairobi Arboretum, G. R. Williams 329 !, Tanganyika, Morogoro, Wigg 976! Dale, Introd. Trees Ug.: 55 (1953) is rather disparaging of it. Apart from its habit, it may be further distinguished from P. dodecandra by the 20–30 stamens, the broader glabrous sepals, the more marked differentiation of the flowers (the staminodes being quite small or lacking in the ♀ flowers) and the fruits with less divergent carpels.
