Pokeweed, Poke

Tall grass Prairie and Eastern Deciduous Forest

Genus and Species:  Phytolacca americana


Habitat: farmyards, fields, and rights-of-way, and banks of waterways, and moist upland forests


Seasons: Early summer to early Fall


Active Chemical Ingredient: Triterpene


Chemical Structure:

http://www.itmonline.org/arts/platygly.htm

Uses of Specimen:
Treats sprains (tea of roots)
skin diseases (roots)
snakebites (use fruits and seeds)

Resources:Pokeweed (Poke). (n.d.). Retrieved September 10, 2015, from http://mdc.mo.gov/discover-nature/field-guide/pokeweed-poke

Phytolacca americana (pokeweed)*. (n.d.). Retrieved September 10, 2015, from http://www.monticello.org/library/exhibits/lucymarks/gallery/pokeweed.html