Mayapples
by Lisa Wooten
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Mayapples
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Lisa Wooten
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Podophyllum is an herbaceous perennial plant in the family Berberidaceae, described as a genus by Linnaeus in 1753.[3][4] In the past, several species were included in the genus, but all but one have been transferred to other genera (Dysosma and Sinopodophyllum).[5] The one remaining species is Podophyllum peltatum, with common names mayapple, American mandrake, wild mandrake,[6] and ground lemon.[7] It is widespread across most of the eastern United States and southeastern Canada.[8][9]
Mayapples are woodland plants, typically growing in colonies derived from a single root. The stems grow to 30–40 cm tall, with palmately lobed umbrella-like leaves up to 20–40 cm diameter with 3–9 shallowly to deeply cut lobes. The plants produce several stems from a creeping underground rhizome; some stems bear a single leaf and do not produce any flower or fruit, while flowering stems produce a pair or more leaves with 1–8 flowers in the axil between the apical leaves. The flowers are white, yellow or red, 2–6 cm diameter with 6–9 petals, and mature into a green, yellow or red fleshy fruit 2–5 cm long.[5]
All the parts of the plant are poisonous, including the green fruit, but once the fruit has turned yellow, it can be safely eaten .[10] The ripe fruit does not produce toxicity. wikipedia
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