Petiveria alliacea
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Petiveria alliacea is the only species of genus Petiveria from the family of Pokeweed (Phytolaccaceae). It occurs in tropical and subtropical America.
description
The shoots grow upright and reach up to forty centimeters in height; the axes are sparsely to very hairy. The leaves form Nebenblätter out. Your petioles are 0.4 to two inches long, the elongated to slightly ovate leaf blade is up to seven inches wide and twenty inches long. The tip of the leaf is more or less pointed to rounded. The inflorescences , which can be up to four inches long, often hang over. The flowers have sepals that are white, slightly green or pink in color and between 3.5 and 6 millimeters long. Petals are usually completely absent. The ovary is hairy.
In the south of its range, Petiveria alliacea flowers all year round, in the north from spring to autumn.
The number of chromosomes is 2n = 34.
Systematics
In older floral works the synonym Petiveria foetida Salisb is still used . used.
use
The leaves of Petiveria alliacea give off an onion-like scent when rubbed. The milk and meat of grazing animals are colored by the plant, and premature births are also attributed to them. In some tropical regions of America, as ethnobotanists report, it is used in folk medicine to ward off vampires.
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Individual evidence
- ^ Flora of North America
- ^ Flora of North America
- ↑ Petiveria alliacea at Tropicos.org. In: IPCN Chromosome Reports . Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis
- ^ Flora of North America
literature
- O. Hokche, PE Berry & O. Huber: Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela . 2008.
- JF Morales: Phytolaccaceae . In: Manual de Plantas de Costa Rica . Vol. 6. BE Hammel, MH Grayum, C. Herrera & N. Zamora (Eds.) - Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 111: 894-902. 2007.
