Image

<< Previous

Next >>

Directory: Phytolaccaceae

cf. Phytolacca octandra L. - Inkweed

* Image is also available in higher resolution: 54122.jpg (1200x1600 - 278 kb).

Author: Forest & Kim Starr [Other photographs by this author]

Determination author: Robert Flogaus-Faust [Determination history and verification]

- Approximate determination (cf.)

Determination note

According to the USDA checklist (see the respective link under http://plants.usda.gov/dl_state.html) there are only two species in the wild in Hawaii: Phytolacca octandra and Phytolacca sandwicensis. The plant has usually 8 carpels per fruit and the fruit carpels looks rather connate. So Phytolacca americana can be almost certainly excluded and Phytolacca esculenta is unlikely. Judging from the images on the web, Phytolacca octandra is most likely.

Author: Robert Flogaus-Faust

Colors

More >>

Origin of image

Hawaii (United States of America), Olinda, Maui

25 December 2006

Source of image

Starr F., Starr K.: Plants of Hawaii [http://www.hear.org/starr/hiplants/index...]

Author rights ^?

CC-BY Creative Commons Attribution License 3.0 [Information]

Images created by Forest Starr and Kim Starr are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.

You must credit the photographers "Forest & Kim Starr". We would appreciate being contacted (starrimages(at)hear.org) when our images are used, and if possible receiving a copy of or link to the publications they are used in.