What other names does pokeweed have? You may never have heard these names

Flowers & Gardening Jan 1, 1970By Emily Carter 0 views

Pokeweed, you may not know it has these other names. When we were kids, we often saw a kind of purplish-red fruit around the house, and girls would use it to dye their nails. This beautiful plant has a very literary name, called pokeweed. Come and get to know this plant with the editor.

Phytolaccaceae genus

Phytolaccaceae, Phytolacca genus, Latin scientific name Phytolacca acinosa Roxb

Other names for pokeweed

Zhangliu, large amaranth, mountain radish, Jianzhongxiao, Daoshuilian, Jinqiniang, Zhumuer, Baimuji

Distribution of pokeweed

Pokeweed is widely distributed in the red soil hilly areas south of the Yangtze River, and is mainly produced in North China and Central China. Among the varieties currently distributed in our country, the main ones are pokeweed and drooping pokeweed.

Morphological characteristics of pokeweed

Pokeweed is a perennial herbaceous plant, and the entire plant surface is hairless. It has a conical fleshy root, relatively thick, with the outer skin of the root appearing pale yellow or grayish brown, and the inner surface yellow-white; the pokeweed stem is upright, cylindrical, with longitudinal grooves on the surface. The stem is green in the young parts and purplish-red in the old parts, and is much branched; the leaves are ovate, with a thin papery feel, the leaf tip is gradually pointed, the base is wedge-shaped, gradually narrowing, and the upper and lower surfaces of the leaves are scattered with tiny white spots. The midvein on the lower surface of the leaf is raised. Pokeweed has a spike inflorescence, blooms in summer and autumn, and the flowers are white. It has eight separate carpels. The berry is purplish-black, oblate, and grows in clusters.

Growing environment of pokeweed

Pokeweed has very strong vitality and is distributed in plains, hills and mountainous areas, and is commonly seen along roadsides and around houses. Pokeweed likes warm and humid climatic conditions, and the suitable growth temperature is between 14~30°C; after autumn, the aboveground part of pokeweed withers after the leaves fall, while the underground fleshy root can withstand low temperatures of -15°C, and when it is warm the next year, the fleshy root sprouts and drives the growth of the aboveground part; pokeweed has very strong adaptability to soil and has no special requirements for soil, and basically can grow in any soil.

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