Psychotria microdon (DC.) Urb.

  • Authority

    Acevedo-Rodríguez, Pedro. 2005. Vines and climbing plants of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. Contr. U. S. Natl. Herb. 51: 1-483.

  • Family

    Rubiaceae

  • Scientific Name

    Psychotria microdon (DC.) Urb.

  • Description

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    Description - Woody shrub, clambering, attaining 2-2.5 m in length. Stems grayish, glabrous, slightly flattened or quadrangular; lateral branches decussate, short or elongate. Leaves opposite, 5-10 x 2-4.3 cm, chartaceous, obovate or oblanceolate, the apex acute or obtuse, the base acute, obtuse, or attenuate toward the petiole, the margins entire, revolute; upper surface glabrous, with the venation flat; lower surface pale green, glabrous or puberulent on the veins, the venation prominent; petioles glabrous, 0.5-2 mm long; stipules ovate, ca. 1 .5 mm long, early deciduous. Flowers almost sessile, in terminal corymbs at the ends of short lateral branches. Calyx green, 1.5-2 mm long, crateriform, glabrous, the lobes thin; corolla campanulate, white, the tube ca. 5 mm long, the lobes 3-3.5 mm long, spreading; stamens 5, included. Fruits compressed-obovoid, 5-6 mm long, red when ripe. Pyrenes 2, sulcate.

    Phenology - Flowering from April to December and fruiting from July to March.

    Conservation Status - Native, not very common.