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Accession Data

Rivina humilis

Common Name: Bloodberry, Rouge Plant, Baby Pepper

Family: Phytolaccaceae

Country of Origin: S. US & trop America

Description: Herbaceous plant to 4 feet, sometimes woody at base; leaves ovate to oblong, thin, to 4 inches long, petioles slender; racemes slender, loose, to 8 inches long; flowers greenish to rosy; fruit bright red, 3/16 inch in diameter.

Southern US and tropical America.

Fruit yields a red dye.

Accession Data

USDA Zone: 7a-10b

Accession #: 198500641

Accession Date: 1985-12-31

Bloom Status: 🪴 Not Flowering

Location: 3310

Quantity: 3

Source: NYBG

Classification

Division: Magnoliophyta

Class: Magnoliopsida

Subclass: core eudicots

Order: Caryophyllales

Family: Phytolaccaceae

Flowering Data:

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References

  1. Hortus Third, LH Bailey Hortorium, 1976
  2. The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed on Thursday, June 02, 2016.
  3. Rivina humilis at ARS-GRIN. Last accessed on Friday, April 21, 2017.

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Rivina humilis