View source for Trichostigma octandrum

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|accepted_name=Trichostigma octandrum
|accepted_authority=(Linnaeus) H. Walter in H. G. A. Engler
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=in H. G. A. Engler, Pflanzenr.
|place=83[IV,39]: 109. 1909
|year=1909
}}
|common_names=Hoopvine
|basionyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Rivina octandra
|authority=Linnaeus
}}
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Phytolaccaceae;Trichostigma;Trichostigma octandrum
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Phytolaccaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Trichostigma]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Trichostigma octandrum]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 4
|mention_page=page 10
|treatment_page=page 11
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Plants </b>suberect, to 10 m, glabrous. <b>Leaves</b>: petiole 0.6–3.5(–5) cm; blade elliptic, elliptic-lanceolate or oblong to ovate, to 15 × 7 cm, base rounded to cuneate, apex acuminate or acute to obtuse. <b>Racemes</b> 5–10 cm; peduncle 1.3–3 cm; pedicel 3–10 mm. <b>Flowers</b> sepals white or greenish white to red or purplish in age, ovate to obovate, 3–6 mm. <b>Berries</b> 4–6 mm diam. <b>Seeds</b> black, lenticular, 4–5 mm.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering spring.
|habitat=Hammocks, roadsides, and disturbed sites
|elevation=0-30 m
|distribution=Fla.;Mexico;West Indies;Central America;South America.
|discussion=<p>In the West Indies, strips of bark from <i>Trichostigma octandrum</i> are woven into attractive baskets; the flexible stems are used as barrel hoops. The young leaves, cooked in one or two waters, are said to be a nutritious vegetable.</p>
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name=Trichostigma octandrum
|author=
|authority=(Linnaeus) H. Walter in H. G. A. Engler
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=
|basionyms=Rivina octandra
|family=Phytolaccaceae
|phenology=Flowering spring.
|habitat=Hammocks, roadsides, and disturbed sites
|elevation=0-30 m
|distribution=Fla.;Mexico;West Indies;Central America;South America.
|reference=None
|publication title=in H. G. A. Engler, Pflanzenr.
|publication year=1909
|special status=
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|genus=Trichostigma
|species=Trichostigma octandrum
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