Trichostigma octandrum

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Trichostigma octandrum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Petiveriaceae
Genus: Trichostigma
Species:
T. octandrum
Binomial name
Trichostigma octandrum
Synonyms[1]
  • Rivina dodecandra Jacq.
  • Rivina ehrenbergiana Klotzsch ex Moq.
  • Rivina humilis var. scandens L.
  • Rivina moritziana Klotzsch ex Moq.
  • Rivina octandra L.
  • Rivina octandra var. obtusifolia Moq.
  • Rivina scandens Mill.
  • Trichostigma rivinoides A.Rich.
  • Villamilla octandra (L.) Hook.f.

Trichostigma octandrum is a species of flowering plant in the family

medicinal and fiber uses.[4][5]

Description

Trichostigma octandrum strongly resembles pigeonberry (Rivina humilis).[5] These are shrubs or free-standing vines up to 10 m wide and 6 m tall, with hairless twining, trailing or climbing stems. The stems range from 4–15 cm in diameter. The leaves are entire 4–9 cm blades ovate on long petioles. The apex is short and glabrous. The flowers form clusters, 5–7 cm long in a narrow raceme with flowers on stalks 4–6 cm long. The oval sepals are reflexed away from the fruit, 4–6 mm long and glabrous. The fruit are reddish-purple fleshy oval berries 4–5 mm long.[5] The pollinator is unknown, but may be mosquitoes.[5] The plant is spread by birds, who eat the fruit, but is also cultivated as a decorative plant or bower, as a fiber, for medicine,[5] and food[6]

Habitat and range

It is found Florida, Mexico, Central America, the Caribbean, and South America as far as Argentina.

fencerows, woodlots, brushy pastures, brushy vacant lots, and stream bottom galleries.[5] The shrub also covers windfalls, fences, rocks, and forms mounds of tangled stems to 2 m high in open areas. Hoopvine grows on soils of all textures in a wide range of pH’s derived from both igneous, metamorphic (including ultramafics) and sedimentary (including limestone) rocks. In Puerto Rico, it grows in areas receiving from 900 to 2500 mm of precipitation.[5] The plant also grows in tropical swamps near the edges of hammocks and brakes.[5] It is most common near the coasts, but also occurs at rare intervals in the Florida Everglades.[5]

Uses

Both the split stems and bast fibers have been used to make barrel hoops, baskets, bent furniture and crafts.

Phytolacca are known to have many bioactive compounds.[5]

References

  1. ^ a b "Trichostigma octandrum (L.) H.Walter". Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 22 July 2021.
  2. doi:10.1111/boj.12385
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  3. ^ USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Trichostigma octandrum". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 15 December 2015.
  4. ^ Hoopvine, the plant that wasn't there. Austin, Accessed 2010-11-23
  5. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s USDA Index Accessed 2010-11-23
  6. ^ https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:257665-2

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