Psychotria monticola

Psychotria monticola Kurz, J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, Pt. 2, Nat. Hist. 41(2): 315 1872. (syn: Mapouria fulva (Buch.-Ham. ex Hook.f.) K.Schum.; Psychotria fulva Buch.-Ham. ex Hook.f.; Psychotria fulva var. brevibracteata M.Gangop. & Chakrab.; Psychotria fulva var. madraspatana (Hook.f.) Gamble; Psychotria fulva var. monticola (Kurz) Hook.f.; Psychotria madraspatana Hook.f.; Psychotria monticola var. minor Craib; Psychotria monticola var. pedicellata Craib; Uragoga fulva (Buch.-Ham. ex Hook.f.) Kuntze; Uragoga madraspatana (Hook.f.) Kuntze);
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India to Peninsula Malaysia: Andaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh, East Himalaya, India, Malaya, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam as per POWO;

Andaman Is.; Assam; Bangladesh; East Himalaya; India; Malaya; Myanmar; Thailand; Vietnam as per Catalogue of Life;

Undershrubs, up to 2 m tall. Leaves simple, opposite decussate; petioles ca. 1-2.5 cm long; lamina ca. 10-25 x 5-15 cm, broadly obovate, oblanceolate, cuneate at base, acute at apex, entire, chartaceous; secondary nerves 14-18 pairs, sub parallel. Flowers ca 0.3 cm across, white or greenish-white, in peduncled axillary or terminal cymes. Fruits ellipsoid, reddish brown; pyrenes with 4 sharp dorsal ridges.

Open areas

India: Assam, Meghalaya, Manipur.

(Attributions- French Institute of Pondicherry as per India Biodiversity Portal)
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MS Nov,2018/09 Psychotria sp. ? for identification : 11 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (2)
Location : Lungkulh, Mizoram

Date : 15-11-2018

Habit : Undershrub

Habitat : Wild

Thanks, … What are the species reported from your area?
Also check species available at
https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/species/m—z/r/rubiaceae/psychotria

P.calocarpa, P.erratica, P.fulva, P.montana, P.silhetensis, P.symplocifolia & P.thomsonii are recorded in Mizoram

Psychotria calocarpa ??

To me looks different from images of Psychotria calocarpa at

POWO

Zhiwutong 1 Zhiwutong

Sir it probably Psychotria nervosa

We do not have any distribution of Psychotria nervosa Sw. in India.

Psychotria monticola Kurz ??

Yes, possible as per GBIF– Specimen from India.

Also see this specimen.

Psychotria fulva Buch.-Ham. ex Hook.f. is a syn. of Psychotria monticola Kurz as per Catalogue of Life.
Fruits also look similar.

MS,Oct, 2021/33 Rubiceae ? for id: 1 high res. image.
Location : Ailawng
Date : 20-05-2019
Habit : Small shrub ?
Habitat : Wild

Psychotria,

Any keys, …?
Leaves appear closer to your images at Psychotria monticola Kurz

As the keys are mainly based on the shape of the pyrene (with seeds inside).
Let us keep it as Psychotria monticola only until we have more details and pyrene.

Regarding Identification of the sp. collected from khurda odisha .: 7 high res. images.

Psychotria monticola Kurz !

On further checking, I agree with you and also as per images and details at
https://efloraofindia.com/2020/12/06/psychotria-monticola/

Plants from Northeast Tour 2017- Rubiaceae Herb for identification from Assam-Psychotria? : 4 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (3)
Please suggest identification of this interesting herb, from a forest floor in Assam.. I think this is again from Rubiaceae..
Any Psychotria? I do not have more pics..

Psychotria species so far in efloraofindia

An unfamiliar spp. Can’t say if it is Psychotria.

Psychotria silhetensis Hook.f. or Psychotria denticulata Wall. ??

Pl. check Psychotria denticulata as suggested by … as per

https://api.gbif.org/v1/image/herbcatimg%2F702098.jpg
https://api.gbif.org/v1/image/iQK6FHCXfwcYU
https://www.gbif.org/species/2922842

Thanks … Psychotria denticulata seems quite convincing.. moreover, this too is collected from Assam…!!

I think going by the inflorescence, it appears closer to type and other specimens of Psychotria monticola Kurz at GBIF (one, two, three) and POWO.

References:
POWO Catalogue of Life The Plant List Ver.1.1 WCSP IPNI GBIF– Specimen from India (High resolution specimens) Flora of peninsular India India Biodiversity Portal IBIS Flora (FBI)

Updated on June 14, 2025

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