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Himalayan Poke Phytolacca acinosa
An unusual cultivar native to the Himalayas. This is a beautiful plant, less invasive than American Poke, but medicinally interchangeable. Traditionally used in Japan as a powerful diuretic. Caution should be used as all parts of the plant are toxic except the new shoots which can be eaten fully cooked. This variety has a rounder form than Amercan Poke, with the flowers and berries growing vertically from the branches. Very ornamental with large oval leaves and creamy white flowers blooming mid summer. The plant can reach great heights of 5 to 6 feet and quite a girth as well truly a specimen to attract attention in your herbscape. Perennial. Hardy to Zone 7.
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