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Phytolaccaceae

Rivina humilis L.

  • Query IPNI
  • Common Name: Bloodberry, Rouge Plant, Baby Pepper
  • Family: Phytolaccaceae R.Br.

  • Country of Origin: S. US & trop America
  • Habitat:

  • Description: Herbaceous plant to 4 feet, sometimes woody at base; leaves ovate to oblong, thin, to 4 inches long, petioles slender; racemes slender, loose, to 8 inches long; flowers greenish to rosy; fruit bright red, 3/16 inch in diameter.

    Southern US and tropical America.

    Fruit yields a red dye.

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Accession Data:

  • Accession # 198500641
  • Source: NYBG
  • Accession Date: 12-31-1985
  • Bench: 1201 - E Bench
  • Qty: 2 confirmed on 02-26-2008
Classification:

  • Division: Magnoliophyta
  • Class: Magnoliopsida
  • SubClass: core eudicots
  • Order: Caryophyllales
  • SubOrder:
  • Family: Phytolaccaceae
  • SubFamily:
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References:

Hortus Third, LH Bailey Hortorium, 1976

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