Pokeweed

Pokeweed is a sturdy perennial herbaceous plant. Mainly produced in Henan, Hubei, Shandong, Zhejiang, Jiangxi, etc. The main varieties currently distributed in China are Phytolacca and Phytolacca vulgare. Because its shape is very similar to the cotinus orchid of the purslane family, it has been mistakenly planted as native ginseng in various places. Roots are thick, fleshy, conical, leaves are oval, entire edge, blooming in summer and autumn, flowers white, racemes, eight carpels, free, berries oblate spherical, purple-black. The dried roots of medicinal Phytolacca spp.