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//Phytilacca dioica //


**Family:** common Phytolaccaceae Nombre: Fitolaca, ombu, beautiful shade. **Place of origin:** Argentina, Uruguay, Brazil, Peru.
 * Etymology: ** The word Phytolacca comes from the Greek Phyton = plant(floor) and lacca = lacquer, alluding to the color carmine of the juice of the fruit of some species(kinds). The word dioica alludes to the separation of the feminine and masculine flowers in different feet.

 **Description:** Tree semicaducifolio of 7-10 m of height, dioico, with the dense, rounded and irregular glass, with thick(bulky) branches; cylindrical trunk very expanded in the base, managing to form(train) as the years went by a pedestal of which other trunks can go out; rough(harsh) bark, fisurada, chestnut-colored - yellowish. Alternate, simple leaves(sheets), of elliptical to ovadas or oblong, of 5-13 x 2,5-7,5 cm, with the rocked or rounded base, the entire margin and the sharp(acute) apex or acuminado; they are of green glossy color, glabras, with the central marked nerve.Petiole of 2-8 cm of length. Terminal clusters, of 7,5-15 cm of length, with unisexual flowers, in separated feet, on pedicelos of 4-5 mm of length. Masculine flowers with 5 tépalos, of ovados to elliptical, of approximately 3,5 mm of length, whitish; androceo with 20-30 yarns, free, exertos; rudimentary ovary.Feminine flowers with 5 tépalos, of ovados to elliptical, of approximately 4 mm of length, white; estaminodios about 10; ovary súpero, globular, with 7-10 semiwelded carpels; re-curled, very short style, of 1 mm of length. Infructescencias of 15-20 x 2,5-3 cm, with numerous depressed - globular berries, with ruts between(among) the seeds, of 0,8-1 cm of diameter, yellowish, becoming blackish in the maturity; ovoid - compressed seeds, of approximately 3 mm of length, of black brilliant color.

**Leaves** ,  **Fruits** **and** **Bark ** **: **



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