Species within a genus

Genus: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

PHYTOLACCA (G, It)

Family: PHYTOLACCACEAE

phyton, = a plant, tree;
lac, = milk; milky juice, milk of plants.
lak, = crimson.
(the juice of the fruit is crimson red)
(laksha, = lacca, gum-lac, is the dark-red resinous incrustation produced on certain trees by the puncture of an insect (Caccus lacca); used in the East as a scarlet dye).
(LS, ld, Ox, Le)

Phytolacca dioica (G)
Belhambra, Bella Ombre (PS)
Location: (P)

dioikeo, = to inhabit distinct places; to live apart.
(Alien)

(LS, Cw)

Phytolacca octandra (G)
Amahashe, Bobbejaandruiwe, Forest Inkberry, Umnanja (PS)
Location: (F)

octō, = eight;
aner, andrus, = man, of a man.
aner, andros, = male, stamen.
(with eight stamens)
(Alien)
(LS, BL)