Phytolacca dioica

Plant Characteristics
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Cultivation

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Scientific Names

Read about Phytolacca dioica in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
Phytolacca dioica, Linn. (Pircunia dioica, Moq. Phytolacca populifolia, Salisb. P. arborea, Hort.). Evergreen tree, attaining great thickness of trunk and spread of top: branchlets glabrous: lvs. slender petioled, glabrous, elliptic or ovate, mostly broadly acute at apex, the midnerve extending at the tip: infl. racemose, scarcely surpassing the lvs., suberect or pendulous: male fls. with 20-30 stamens, and calyx paits elliptic and obtuse. white spotted; female fls. with about 10 staminodia the calyx parts broad, the ovary globose and 7-1O carpelled : fr. berry like, the carpels connate at brse and free at top. S. Amer., the "umbu" and "bella sombra" of Spanish speaking people. This species was intro. into Santa Barbara some 40 years ago, and is now well distributed in S. Calif.; there are trees with spread of top of 50 ft. and trunk 6 ft. diam., with buttresses 2 high. It is a tree of astonishingly rapid growth.soon making a good shade. In a recent freeze, it is reported that trees have lost their lvs. but the growth remained uninjured. ^CH The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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