Swaziland's Alien Plants Database

Phytolacca dioica L.

PHYTOLACCACEAE

Belhambra

Invasive, Potential problem species

Origin: South America (Northern Argentina, Southern Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay)

Growth Form: Tree

Plant Description: Plant: Large, soft-wooded, semi-evergreen tree 12–20 m high, with a short, buttressed trunk and massively branched, rounded crown; root system massive and shallow; leaves and stems succulent. Leaves: Bright green, glabrous to 120 x 60 mm, on pinkish stalks to 70 mm long. Flowers: Creamy-yellow, small, in racemes about 100 mm long; male and female flowers on separate trees; September–December. Fruit: Green turning black, succulent, berry-like, about 10 mm across, pendent.

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Comments: Suspected/Possible

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