Psychotria flavida Talbot, Syst. List Trees Bombay 113 1894. ; . S. India as per WCSP; . Common name: South Indian Wild Coffee • Marathi: Shivan Yallaki . Small shrubs; branchlets terete, glabrous. Leaves 10-18 x 3.5-8 cm, elliptic-oblong or obovate, attenuate at base, acute at apex, glabrous, yellowish green on drying; lateral nerves 9-12 pairs; petiole to 2.5 cm long; stipules 6-8 mm long, ovate, acute at apex, deciduous. Flowers in terminal corymbose cymes. Bracteoles 5-7 mm long, lanceolate. Calyx tube 2-2.5 mm, campanulate, 5-toothed. Corolla white; tube c. 2 mm long, funnel-shaped, hairy at throat; lobes 5, oblong, acute. Stamens 5; anthers ovate. Stigma 2-lamellate. Fruit c. 5 mm across, globose, bluish-purple; fruiting peduncle and pedicels yellow. Seeds 1-2, planoconvex. Flowering and fruiting: April-July Evergreen forests and sacred groves Southern Western Ghats (Attributions- Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi from India Biodiversity Portal) .
Psychotria flavida Talb.SN May17 : 1 post by 1 author. Attachments (3). Psychotria flavida Talb., under shrub, rubiaceae, observed from Dharmasthala area of Western Ghats
Family: Rubiaceae Psychotria species so far in eFloraofindia some species of Psychotria Psychotria flavida     Requesting a shrub id_150523_1: 2 + 2 high res. images. The plant shows these key characters. 1. Opp deccusate leaves. 2. Interpetiolar stipules. 3. Pentamerous flowers with exerted stamens. I feel it is a Rubiaceae? Agasthymalai biosphere reserve Thiruvananthapuram Seems to be Psychotria?? Do you have other images? If so, pl. post. To me appears close to images at https://efloraofindia.com/2013/02/03/psychotria-dalzellii/ Pl. check. Psychotria flavida Talbo ?? 3 high res. images.
. References: An Excursion Flora of Central Tamilnadu, India By K. M. Matthew (1995) Flora of Davanagere District, Karnataka, India By B. K. Manjunatha, V. Krishna, T. Pullaiah (2004) |
Psychotria flavida
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