Phytolacca americana

Basic information
Scientific name	Phytolacca americana	Click to magnify
Common names	Common pokeweed, Pokeberry, Red ink plant, Virginian poke
Higher taxon	Phytolaccaceae, Caryophyllales, Magnoliopsida, Magnoliophyta
Natural range	North America.
Habitat	Roadside, vacancy, grassland, edge of forest, etc.

Invasion information
Range in Japan	Most of entire Japan
Origin	Unknown.
Date	ca. 1870
Route	Deliberate: As medicine
Impact	Competition with native species. Native organism(s) affected: Native Plants
Regulation in Japan	No action for prevention, mitigation, control, or eradication.
Introduced range in other countries	S America, Australia, Asia.

Reference	Notes
Jpn Assoc Advanc Phyto-Regul & Inst Contr Agrochem, Minist Agr, China (2000) Chinese Colored Weed Illustrated Book. Zenkoku-Noson-Kyoiku-Kyokai, Tokyo. Osada (1976) Colored Illustrations of Naturalized Plants of Japan. Hoikusha, Osaka (in Jpn) Satake et al. (1982) Wild Flowers of Japan, Herbaceous Plants [II]. Heibonsha, Tokyo (in Jpn) etc.