Some members of the genus are known as pokeweeds or similar names such as pokebush,
pokeberry, pokeroot or poke sallet Other names for
Kaynak: Phytolaccagarget, inkberry, pigeon berry, pocan, pokeroot, pokeweed,
pokeberry, redweed, scoke red ink plant and chui xu shang lu (in Chinese medicine ).
Kaynak: Phytolacca americanaShrubs :
pokeberry (Phytolacca ) cornels Cornus ) bearberry (Arctostaphylos ) silverberry (Eleagnus ) buffalo berry (Shepherdia )
Kaynak: Plants which attract birds"Pōpolo" means blackberry in Hawaiian referring to the black nightshade or can also be used to describe a lobelia or a
pokeberry .
Kaynak: Africans in Hawaiidiatribe against slavery by plunging a sword into a Bible containing a bladder of blood-red
pokeberry juice, which spattered over those nearby
Kaynak: Benjamin LayFoods taken in preference to others include pine nuts, sweetgum seeds, and the seeds of
pokeberry , amaranth , canary grass , corn ,
Kaynak: Mourning Dove