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Actaea spicata
3-642.12.09English: Baneberry; Herb Christopher.
French: Actée en epi.Region: Europe, Caucasus to Afghanistan Himalayas.Habitat: ash woods; on limestone, in damp stony woods; altitude to 1500 metres; deciduous woodland, clearings in coniferous woods; prefers humus-rich, moist soil, in light shade, doing well amongst shrubs and in light woods.
Ecology: greedy plant, inhibiting the growth of plants, legumes.
Content: tannin.
Use: medicinal; berries for black dye.BotanyHerb; perennial; up to 70 cm tall; poisonous.
Stem: clump of leafy stems from a thick
Root: thick rootstock.
Pollination: by beetles, flies.
French: Actée en epi.Region: Europe, Caucasus to Afghanistan Himalayas.Habitat: ash woods; on limestone, in damp stony woods; altitude to 1500 metres; deciduous woodland, clearings in coniferous woods; prefers humus-rich, moist soil, in light shade, doing well amongst shrubs and in light woods.
Ecology: greedy plant, inhibiting the growth of plants, legumes.
Content: tannin.
Use: medicinal; berries for black dye.BotanyHerb; perennial; up to 70 cm tall; poisonous.
Stem: clump of leafy stems from a thick
Root: thick rootstock.
Pollination: by beetles, flies.