Historical Common Names of Great Plains Plants:

Phytolacca americana L.

Origin: native

Common names:

American nightshade (1903-1913) (5, 69)

American pokeweed (Present) (50)

Cancer jalap (1903-1913) (5, 69)

Coakum (1913) (5)

Cocum (1898, Sulphur Grove OH) (77)

Common pokeberry (1923-1942) (138, 155)

Garget (1903-1913) (5, 69)

Gthebe mongkong (1918?-1970?, Osage, vomit medicine) (121)

Haystack weed (1898, CT) (77)

Ink bush (1898, Southold Long Island) (77)

Inkberry (1913-1919) (5, 37)

Inkberry bush [Ink-berry bush] (1898, Southold Long Island) (77)

Påk (1770, Swedish) (41)

Phytolacca (1905) (54)

Pigeon berry (1882-1913) (5, 14, 69, 77, 93)

Pocan bush (1898-1913) (5, 71)

Pocum (1898, Sulphur Grove OH, friends of J.K. Polk used this plant as their symbol when he was running for president) (77)

Poke (1882-1949) (5, 14, 52, 54, 69, 71, 97, 109, 124)

Poke root (1898, Sulphur Grove OH) (77)

Pokeberry [Poke berry, Poke-berry] (1898-1986) (4, 37, 77, 93, 95)

Pokeweed (1770-1986) (4, 5, 41, 121, 125)

Red ink plant (1898) (5, 71)

Redweed (1903-1919) (5, 37, 69)

Scoke (1903-1949) (5, 69, 109)