''Psychotria'' is a large genus of
flowering plant
Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (). The term angiosperm is derived from the Ancient Greek, Greek words (; 'container, vessel') and (; 'seed'), meaning that the seeds are enclosed with ...
s in the coffee family
Rubiaceae
Rubiaceae () is a family (biology), family of flowering plants, commonly known as the coffee, madder, or bedstraw family. It consists of terrestrial trees, shrubs, lianas, or herbs that are recognizable by simple, opposite leaves with Petiole ( ...
, with over 1,600 species. The genus has a pantropical distribution and members of the genus are small
understorey
In forestry and ecology, understory (American English), or understorey (Commonwealth English), also known as underbrush or undergrowth, includes plant life growing beneath the forest canopy without penetrating it to any great extent, but above ...
trees in tropical forests. Some species are endangered or facing extinction due to deforestation, especially species of central Africa and the Pacific.
Many species, including ''
Psychotria viridis
''Psychotria viridis'', also known as ''chacruna'', ''chacrona'', or ''chaqruy'' in the Quechua languages, is a perennial, shrubby flowering plant in the coffee family Rubiaceae. It is a close relative of ''Psychotria carthagenensis'' (a.k.a. ''s ...
'', produce the
psychedelic
Psychedelics are a subclass of hallucinogenic drugs whose primary effect is to trigger non-ordinary mental states (known as psychedelic experiences or "trips") and a perceived "expansion of consciousness". Also referred to as classic halluci ...
chemical
dimethyltryptamine
Dimethyltryptamine (DMT), also known as ''N'',''N''-dimethyltryptamine (''N'',''N''-DMT), is a Psychedelic drug, serotonergic hallucinogen and Investigational New Drug, investigational drug of the substituted tryptamine, tryptamine family tha ...
(DMT).
Selected species
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Psychotria abdita''
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Psychotria acutiflora''
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Psychotria adamsonii''
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Psychotria alsophila''
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Psychotria angustata''
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Psychotria atricaulis''
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Psychotria beddomei''
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Psychotria bimbiensis''
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Psychotria bryonicola''
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Psychotria camerunensis''
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Psychotria capensis''
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Psychotria carronis''
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Psychotria carthagenensis''
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Psychotria cathetoneura''
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Psychotria cernua'
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Psychotria chalconeura''
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Psychotria chimboracensis''
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Psychotria clarendonensis''
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Psychotria clusioides''
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Psychotria colorata
''Psychotria colorata'' is a species of plant in the family Rubiaceae. It has been documented in an ethnobotanical context among the Ka'apor people of Maranhão, Brazil by Dr. William Balée, the Tulane University anthropologist
An anthropolo ...
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Psychotria congesta''
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Psychotria cookei''
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Psychotria crassipetala''
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Psychotria cuneifolia''
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Psychotria cyathicalyx''
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Psychotria dallachiana''
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Psychotria dasyophthalma''
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Psychotria densinervia''
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Psychotria deverdiana''
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Psychotria dolichantha''
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Psychotria domatiata''
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Psychotria dubia''
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Psychotria dura''
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Psychotria elachistantha''
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Psychotria expansa''
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Psychotria fernandopoensis''
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Psychotria foetens''
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Psychotria forsteriana''
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Psychotria franchetiana''
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Psychotria fusiformis''
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Psychotria gardneri''
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Psychotria glandulifera''
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Psychotria globicephala''
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Psychotria grandiflora''
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Psychotria grantii''
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Psychotria greenwelliae''
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Psychotria guerkeana''
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Psychotria hanoverensis''
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Psychotria hierniana''
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Psychotria hobdyi''
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Psychotria insularum''
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Psychotria lanceifolia''
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Psychotria ligustrifolia''
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Psychotria longipetiolata''
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Psychotria loniceroides''
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Psychotria macrocarpa''
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Psychotria marchionica''
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Psychotria marginata
''Psychotria marginata'' is a tropical shrub in the gardenia family (Rubiaceae) and native to Central America
Central America is a subregion of North America. Its political boundaries are defined as bordering Mexico to the north, Colomb ...
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Psychotria mariana''
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Psychotria mariniana''
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Psychotria megalopus''
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Psychotria megistantha''
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Psychotria minimicalyx''
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Psychotria moseskemei''
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Psychotria nervosa
''Psychotria nervosa'', also known as Seminole balsamo or wild coffee, is a shade tolerant medium-sized shrub native to Florida as well as the West Indies and Central and South America. It produces a "small, red, ellipsoid fruit" that resembles ...
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Psychotria ngotphamii''
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Psychotria peteri''
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Psychotria petitii''
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Psychotria plicata''
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Psychotria plurivenia''
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Psychotria podocarpa''
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Psychotria pseudoplatyphylla''
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Psychotria punctata''
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Psychotria raivavaensis''
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Psychotria rhonhofiae''
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Psychotria rimbachii''
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Psychotria rostrata''
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Psychotria rufipilis''
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Psychotria saloiana''
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Psychotria siphonophora''
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Psychotria sodiroi''
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Psychotria sordida''
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Psychotria speciosa''
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Psychotria srilankensis''
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Psychotria tahitensis''
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Psychotria taitensis''
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Psychotria tenuifolia''
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Psychotria trichocalyx
''Psychotria trichocalyx'' is a species of plant in the family Rubiaceae. It is endemic to Tahiti, one of the Society Islands
The Society Islands ( , officially ; ) are an archipelago in the South Pacific Ocean that includes the major islands ...
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Psychotria tubuaiensis''
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Psychotria viridis
''Psychotria viridis'', also known as ''chacruna'', ''chacrona'', or ''chaqruy'' in the Quechua languages, is a perennial, shrubby flowering plant in the coffee family Rubiaceae. It is a close relative of ''Psychotria carthagenensis'' (a.k.a. ''s ...
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Psychotria waasii''
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Psychotria woytkowskii''
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Psychotria yaoundensis''
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Psychotria zombamontana''
Formerly placed here
* ''Psychotria elata'' = ''
Palicourea elata''
* ''Psychotria poeppigiana'' = ''
Palicourea tomentosa''
Image gallery
File:Psychotria asiatica botyouji01.jpg, ''Psychotria asiatica
''Psychotria'' is a large genus of flowering plants in the coffee family Rubiaceae, with over 1,600 species. The genus has a pantropical distribution and members of the genus are small understorey trees in tropical forests. Some species are endan ...
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File:九節木Psychotria rubra 20210609155251 25.jpg, Many nodes on the branches are the main feature of ''Psychotria asiatica
''Psychotria'' is a large genus of flowering plants in the coffee family Rubiaceae, with over 1,600 species. The genus has a pantropical distribution and members of the genus are small understorey trees in tropical forests. Some species are endan ...
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File:Psychotria elliptica.jpg, '' Psychotria elliptica''
File:Psychotria viridis.gif, ''Psychotria viridis
''Psychotria viridis'', also known as ''chacruna'', ''chacrona'', or ''chaqruy'' in the Quechua languages, is a perennial, shrubby flowering plant in the coffee family Rubiaceae. It is a close relative of ''Psychotria carthagenensis'' (a.k.a. ''s ...
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File:Psychotria ankasensis.jpg, '' Psychotria ankasensis''
File:Psychotria nervosa-cropped.jpg, ''Psychotria nervosa
''Psychotria nervosa'', also known as Seminole balsamo or wild coffee, is a shade tolerant medium-sized shrub native to Florida as well as the West Indies and Central and South America. It produces a "small, red, ellipsoid fruit" that resembles ...
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File:Psychotria capensis-original.jpg, '' Psychotria capensis''
See also
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List of the largest genera of flowering plants
There are over 56 genus, genera of flowering plants estimated to contain at least 500 species description, described species. The largest of these is currently the Fabaceae, legume genus ''Astragalus (plant), Astragalus'' (milk-vetches), with ove ...
References
External links
''Psychotria'' in the World Checklist of Rubiaceae
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Pantropical flora
Rubiaceae genera
Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus