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|accepted_name=Phytolacca icosandra
|accepted_authority=Linnaeus
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Syst. Nat. ed.
|place=10, 2: 1040. 1759
|year=1759
}}
|common_names=Tropical pokeweed
|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Phytolaccaceae;Phytolacca;Phytolacca icosandra
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Phytolaccaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Phytolacca]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Phytolacca icosandra]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 4
|mention_page=page 6
|treatment_page=page 9
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Plants </b>to 3 m. <b>Leaves</b>: petiole 0.5–6 cm; blade elliptic to obovate or rarely lanceolate, to 30 × 15 cm, base obtuse to attenuate, apex acute. <b>Inflorescences</b> spikes or spikelike, surpassing subtending leaves, to 30 cm; peduncle to 10 cm; pedicel 0.5–2 mm. <b>Flowers</b>: sepals 5, white or pink to pale reddish, broadly elliptic, equal, to 3 × 2 mm; stamens (8–)10–22(–30), usually in 2 whorls; carpels mostly 6–10, connate; ovary 6–10-loculed. <b>Berries</b> purple-black, 7–8 mm diam. <b>Seeds</b> black, thickly lenticular, 2.5–3 mm, shiny.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering summer–winter.
|habitat=Disturbed areas, chrome ore piles
|elevation=10-1800 m
|distribution=Ariz.;Calif.;Md.;Mexico;West Indies;Central America;South America.
|introduced=true
|discussion=<p>Some authors (e.g., J. I. Davis 1985) include <i>Phytolacca octandra</i> in the synonymy of <i>P. icosandra</i>.</p>
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|references={{Treatment/Reference
|id=steinmann1997a
|text=Steinmann, V. W. 1997. Phytolacca icosandra L. (Phytolaccaceae): New to the continental United States. Madroño 44: 108–109.
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name=Phytolacca icosandra
|authority=Linnaeus
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Phytolaccaceae
|phenology=Flowering summer–winter.
|habitat=Disturbed areas, chrome ore piles
|elevation=10-1800 m
|distribution=Ariz.;Calif.;Md.;Mexico;West Indies;Central America;South America.
|introduced=true
|reference=steinmann1997a
|publication title=Syst. Nat. ed.
|publication year=1759
|special status=
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|genus=Phytolacca
|species=Phytolacca icosandra
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