Colourful Rainforest Fruits of Venezuelan Pokeweed - Phytolacca rivinoides
A Medicinal Rainforest Plant - The juice of the fruits is purgative. The leaves are eaten as a treatment for from the leaves crushed in water is rubbed onto hair to kill lice, fleas. A decoction of the boiled leaves is used as a wash for treating fevers.
Size: 5100px × 3400px
Location: Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve, Costa Rica, Central America
Photo credit: © Sabena Jane Blackbird / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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