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Phytolacca rivinoides

Botanic Family

Phytolaccaceae

Author

Kunth & C.D. Bouché

Common Names

• Altusa (Kofán)

Geographical Habitats

• NW. Argentina
• Belize
• Bolivia
• Brazil
• Colombia
• Costa Rica
• Cuba
• Ecuador
• French Guiana
• Guatemala
• Guyana
• Hispaniola
• Honduras
• Jamaica
• Leeward Islands
• Mexico
• Nicaragua
• Panama
• Peru
• Puerto Rico
• Suriname
• Trinidad & Tobago
• Venezuela
• Windward Islands

Natural Habitats

• Disturbed areas
• cloud forest
• riverine forest
• waterside.

Flowering Times

• All year

Fruiting Times

• All year

Scandent or straggling glabrous herb to 5m. Leaves 170mm x 85mm. Racemes to 400mm x 25mm with a bract at base, sepals white to pink 2.5mm x 2mm, purple berries 7mm diameter

Further References

• Mobot
• Neotrop
• Mansfeld
• The Plant List 2
• NAF
• FOPE
• SAFIO