Psychotria ligustrifolia (Northr.) Millsp.

  • Authority

    Britton, Nathaniel L. & Millspaugh, Charles F. 1920. The Bahama Flora.

  • Family

    Rubiaceae

  • Scientific Name

    Psychotria ligustrifolia (Northr.) Millsp.

  • Description

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    Species Description - A nearly glabrous shrub, rarely more than 2.5 m. high. Leaves thin, lanceolate to oblanceolate, broadest at or above the middle, narrowed to the apex and to the petiole, slightly pilose beneath, especially along the mid-rib; stipules large, orbicular, dimidiate-sheathing, apiculate; inflorescence paniculate, peduncled, 4-chotomous, exceeded by the leaves; calyx with 5 short deltoid teeth; corolla-tube glabrous without, bearded in a ring at the insertions of the filaments within, its lobes 5, elliptic, acute, strongly deflexed, nearly as long as the tube; fruit ellipsoid, red, about 5 mm. long; pyrenae planoconvex, grooved.

  • Discussion

    Pine-lands and scrublands, throughout the archipelago from Abaco, Greal Bahama, the Biminis and Andros to Mariguana, North Caicos and Inagua : Florida; Bermuda; Cuba; Hispaniola : Puerto Rico. Smooth Wild Coffee

  • Distribution

    Abaco, Greal Bahama, Biminis and Andros to Mariguana, North Caicos and Inagua : Florida; Bermuda; Cuba; Hispaniola : Puerto Rico.

    Great Abaco Bahamas South America| Grand Bahama Bahamas South America| Bimini Bahamas South America| Andros Island Bahamas South America| Turks and Caicos Islands South America| Inagua Bahamas South America| Florida United States of America North America| Bermuda South America| Cuba South America| West Indies| Puerto Rico South America|