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Barnett's Woods State Natural Area, Montgomery County, Tennessee, US
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El Crucero, Managua, Nicaragua
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Puntarenas, Costa Rica
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Ppolo k mai or Hawaiian pokeweedPhytolaccaceae (Pokeweed family)Endemic to the Hawaiian Islands (Kauai, Oahu, Molokai, Maui, and Hawaii Island)Photo: Kpukapuala, Hawaii IslandEarly Hawaiians used the dark purple berries of ppolo k mai as a tattoo dye.EtymologyThe generic name Phytolacca is Greek for plant dye, referring to the sap of the fruit.The species name sandwicensis refers to the "Sandwich Islands," as the Hawaiian Islands were once called, and named by James Cook on one of his voyages in the 1770s. James Cook named the islands after John Montagu (The fourth Earl of Sandwich) for supporting Cook's voyages.
nativeplants.hawaii.edu/plant/view/Phytolacca_sandwicensis
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New South Wales, Australia
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Found in the Andes of tropical South America. Photo from east of Quito, where it is known as Atuk Sara.
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Morocco
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Barnett's Woods State Natural Area, Montgomery County, Tennessee, US
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Pira District, Ancash, Peru
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Ppolo k mai or Hawaiian pokeweedPhytolaccaceae (Pokeweed family)Endemic to the Hawaiian Islands (Kauai, Oahu, Molokai, Maui, and Hawaii Island)Photo: Kpukapuala, Hawaii IslandEarly Hawaiians used the dark purple berries of ppolo k mai as a tattoo dye.EtymologyThe generic name Phytolacca is Greek for plant dye, referring to the sap of the fruit.The species name sandwicensis refers to the "Sandwich Islands," as the Hawaiian Islands were once called, and named by James Cook on one of his voyages in the 1770s. James Cook named the islands after John Montagu (The fourth Earl of Sandwich) for supporting Cook's voyages.
nativeplants.hawaii.edu/plant/view/Phytolacca_sandwicensis
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Rivina humilisHerbaceous plant ~0.6m tall, in the pokeweed family, Phytolaccaceae, grows beneath trees and shrubs. Common names: Coral Berry, Pigeonberry, Rouge plant, Baby peppers.Introduced to East Australia from S.AmericaLocation: Brisbane (Chapel Hill rainforest reserve)
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Morocco
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Mullumbimby Creek, New South Wales, Australia
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Tropical Pokeweed is found in Central America, the Caribbean and along the western margin of the Amazon Basin. Photo from the Condor Range between Ecuador and Peru.
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Barnett's Woods State Natural Area, Montgomery County, Tennessee, US
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Ppolo k mai or Hawaiian pokeweedPhytolaccaceae (Pokeweed family)Endemic to the Hawaiian Islands (Kauai, Oahu, Molokai, Maui, and Hawaii Island)Photo: Kpukapuala, Hawaii IslandHabit
www.flickr.com/photos/dweickhoff/5516133703/in/datetaken-...Early Hawaiians used the dark purple berries of ppolo k mai as a tattoo dye.EtymologyThe generic name Phytolacca is Greek for plant dye, referring to the sap of the fruit.The species name sandwicensis refers to the "Sandwich Islands," as the Hawaiian Islands were once called, and named by James Cook on one of his voyages in the 1770s. James Cook named the islands after John Montagu (The fourth Earl of Sandwich) for supporting Cook's voyages.
nativeplants.hawaii.edu/plant/view/Phytolacca_sandwicensis
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Marchenilla, Andaluca, Espaa
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Mullumbimby Creek, New South Wales, Australia
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Barnett's Woods State Natural Area, Montgomery County, Tennessee, US