Plant |
Family | Pokeweed family (Phytolaccaceae) |
English |
American pokeweed, Pokeroot, Cancer jalap, Coakum, Common pokeweed, Garget, Great pokeweed, Indian pokeweed, Inkberry, Pigeonberry, Pocan bush, Poke, Pokeberry, Pokeweed, Red-ink plant, Redweed, Scoke, Virginian poke, Virginia poke |
Latin |
Phytolacca americana L., Phytolacca decandra LINN., Phytolacca americana, Phytolacca decandra |
Plantparts | All parts, Dried root, Fruit, Leaf, Root, Unspecified, Young shoots |
Diseases & Uses |
| Cathartic, laxative, aperient, catharic, movements of the bowel, purgative |
Plantparts | Methods of Preparation | Methods of Use |
| - | - | Not specified |
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