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{{Taxobox
| color = lightgreen
| name = ''Phytolacca americana''
| image = Koks cia augalas.JPG
| image_width = 230px
| image_caption = ''Phytolacca americana''
| regnum = ''[[Plant]]ae'', <br> '''[[core eudicots]]'''
| ordo = ''[[Caryophyllales]]''
| familia = ''[[Phytolaccaceae]]''
| genus = ''[[Phytolacca]]''
| species = '''''P. americana'''''
| binomial = ''Phytolacca americana''
| binomial_authority = [[Carolus Linnaeus|L.]] (1753)
}}
'''American Pokeweed''' (''Phytolacca americana'') is a large, shrubby perennial growing up to 8 feet in height native to eastern [[North America]]. The plant has a large white taproot, green or red stems, and large, simple leaves. White flowers are followed by purple to almost black berries, which are a good food source for songbirds such as [[Northern Cardinal]], [[Brown Thrasher]], and [[Northern Mockingbird]].
Also known as '''American nightshade''', '''cancer jalap''', '''coakum''', '''garget''', '''inkberry''', '''pigeon berry''', '''pocan bush''', '''poke root''', '''redweed''', '''scoke''', and '''red ink plant''', this plant is highly [[toxic]] to [[livestock]] and humans, and is considered a major pest plant by farmers. However, the leaves of young plants are sometimes collected as a spring green and eaten after repeated [[blanching]]s. The toxic substance in the plant is a [[terpene|triterpene]] [[saponin]] called [[phytolaccigenin]], which causes [[hemagglutination]]. In addition, this plant is also cited as a [[medicinal plant]] by [[Plants for a Future]].
==External links==
* [http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=220010427 Phytolacca americana in the ''Flora of North America'']
==References==
*Lewis, W.H. and M.P.F. Lewis (2003). ''Medical Botany''. 2nd ed. Hoboken: Wiley. pg. 82
==External links==
*[http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?28252 Germplasm Resources Information Network: ''Phytolacca americana'']
*[http://www.pfaf.org/database/plants.php?Phytolacca+americana Plants For A Future: ''Phytolacca americana'']
<gallery>Image:Phytolacca americana4.jpg
Image:Phytolacca americana3.jpg
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{{commons}}
[[Category:Caryophyllales]]
[[Category:Flora of North America]]
[[Category:Medicinal plants]]
[[Category:Poisonous plants]]
| color = lightgreen
| name = ''Phytolacca americana''
| image = Koks cia augalas.JPG
| image_width = 230px
| image_caption = ''Phytolacca americana''
| regnum = ''[[Plant]]ae'', <br> '''[[core eudicots]]'''
| ordo = ''[[Caryophyllales]]''
| familia = ''[[Phytolaccaceae]]''
| genus = ''[[Phytolacca]]''
| species = '''''P. americana'''''
| binomial = ''Phytolacca americana''
| binomial_authority = [[Carolus Linnaeus|L.]] (1753)
}}
'''American Pokeweed''' (''Phytolacca americana'') is a large, shrubby perennial growing up to 8 feet in height native to eastern [[North America]]. The plant has a large white taproot, green or red stems, and large, simple leaves. White flowers are followed by purple to almost black berries, which are a good food source for songbirds such as [[Northern Cardinal]], [[Brown Thrasher]], and [[Northern Mockingbird]].
Also known as '''American nightshade''', '''cancer jalap''', '''coakum''', '''garget''', '''inkberry''', '''pigeon berry''', '''pocan bush''', '''poke root''', '''redweed''', '''scoke''', and '''red ink plant''', this plant is highly [[toxic]] to [[livestock]] and humans, and is considered a major pest plant by farmers. However, the leaves of young plants are sometimes collected as a spring green and eaten after repeated [[blanching]]s. The toxic substance in the plant is a [[terpene|triterpene]] [[saponin]] called [[phytolaccigenin]], which causes [[hemagglutination]]. In addition, this plant is also cited as a [[medicinal plant]] by [[Plants for a Future]].
==External links==
* [http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=220010427 Phytolacca americana in the ''Flora of North America'']
==References==
*Lewis, W.H. and M.P.F. Lewis (2003). ''Medical Botany''. 2nd ed. Hoboken: Wiley. pg. 82
==External links==
*[http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?28252 Germplasm Resources Information Network: ''Phytolacca americana'']
*[http://www.pfaf.org/database/plants.php?Phytolacca+americana Plants For A Future: ''Phytolacca americana'']
<gallery>Image:Phytolacca americana4.jpg
Image:Phytolacca americana3.jpg
</gallery>
{{commons}}
[[Category:Caryophyllales]]
[[Category:Flora of North America]]
[[Category:Medicinal plants]]
[[Category:Poisonous plants]]
