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Pokeweed a poisonous and yet consumed North American plant with good biomedical potential

Native mostly to Eastern North America, pokeweed, Phytolacca americana was introduced as ornamental and is now widely naturalized outside of its native range. A poisonous plant that can poison or intoxicate farm animals, avoided by most herbivores, while wild birds (its main seed dispersers) and other small mammals can eat its enticing looking berries. Young leaves are consumed in North America, and its berries and roots were used to make ink and textile dyes. Its chemical components are of interest to biomedical research for their lectins that can stimulate B-cell proliferation and are used for immunodeficiency diagnostic test, and immunotherapy. Its broad-spectrum antiviral proteins and antifungal properties are also of great interest to biomedical research. Otherwise, a wild plant with its roles in its native range ecosystems.