• Family : PHYTOLACCACEAE
  (Pokeweed Family)
• Family (Hindi name) : POKEBERRY FAMILY
• Family (as per The APG System III) : PHYTOLACCACEAE
• Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Phytolacca dioica L.
• Common name : Pokeberry Tree
• Vernacular name : Ombu (Tamil)
• Habit : Tree
• Comments / notes : Cultivated. Also naturalized
• Flower, Fruit : March
• Distribution :
  • Karnataka : Bengaluru district
  • Kerala : Idukki district
  • Tamil Nadu : Dindigul district, The Nilgiri district
• Native : Tropical America
• Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
• Literature : Ramaswamy & Razi, 1973 - Flora of Bangalore district, Karnataka state; Henry, Kumari & Chithra (1987). Flora of tamilnadu, India vol. 2.
• Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Raja K Swamy, Deepak Kumar, Arun Singh R. and K. Gopalakrishna Bhat (2019). Flora of Peninsular India. http://peninsula.ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Phytolacca dioica. Downloaded on 20 May 2024.

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