Species Phytolacca stricta
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There aren’t any identifications of Phytolacca stricta.
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Etymology of Phytolacca:
Gk. phyton = plant; Hindi lakh = dye. The fruits stain badly. The juice of the fruit is crimson red because the plant contains betalain – red nitrogenous pigments found in certain plants, such as beetroot.
Etymology of stricta:
From the Latin strictus = ‘compressed’ or 'constricted'
Scientific name:
Phytolacca stricta Hoffm.
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Protologue:
Commentat. Soc. Regiae Sci. Gott. 12: 27 (1796)
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Year published:
1796
Observations of Taxon
There aren’t any identifications of Phytolacca stricta.
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