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''Psychotria'' is a
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of
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s in the
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. It contains 1,582 species and is therefore one of the largest genera of flowering plants. The genus has a pantropical distribution and members of the genus are small understorey
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s in
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s. Some species are endangered or facing extinction due to
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, especially species of central
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and the
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. Many species, including '' Psychotria viridis'', produce the psychedelic chemical
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(DMT).


Selected species

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Psychotria abdita ''Psychotria abdita'' is a plant species in the family Rubiaceae and the genus '' Psychotria''. The species is endemic to Peru, and the species was identified by Paul Carpenter Standley Paul Carpenter Standley (March 21, 1884 – June 2, ...
'' * '' Psychotria acutiflora'' * ''
Psychotria adamsonii ''Psychotria adamsonii'' is a species of plant in the family Rubiaceae. It is a shrub or tree Endemism, endemic to the island of Ua Pou in the Marquesas Islands of French Polynesia. It is thought to be extinct. References

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Psychotria alsophila ''Psychotria alsophila'' is a species of plant in the family Rubiaceae. It is found in Kenya and Tanzania. References alsophila Vulnerable plants Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{Rubiaceae-stub ...
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Psychotria angustata ''Psychotria angustata'' is a species of plant in the family Rubiaceae. It is endemic to the Galápagos Islands. References Flora of the Galápagos Islands angustata Endangered plants Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{Rubi ...
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Psychotria atricaulis ''Psychotria atricaulis'' is a species of plant in the family Rubiaceae. It is endemic to the island of Huahine in the Society Islands of French Polynesia.Psychotria beddomei'' * '' Psychotria bimbiensis'' * ''
Psychotria bryonicola ''Psychotria bryonicola'' is a species of plant in the family Rubiaceae. It is endemic to Jamaica Jamaica (; ) is an island country situated in the Caribbean Sea. Spanning in area, it is the third-largest island of the Greater Antilles ...
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Psychotria camerunensis ''Psychotria camerunensis'' is a species of plant in the family Rubiaceae. It is endemic to Cameroon. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. It is threaten ...
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Psychotria capensis ''Psychotria capensis'', the bird-berry, is a southern African evergreen shrub or small tree. It belongs to a genus which is used medicinally in many regions, 'Psychotria' being from the Greek for 'rejuvenating', in reference to the healing prope ...
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Psychotria carronis ''Psychotria carronis'', commonly known as the black grape, is a flowering plant in the coffee family. The specific epithet honours William Carron (1823–1876) who collected plants on Lord Howe Island for the Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney. De ...
'' * '' Psychotria carthagenensis'' * ''
Psychotria cathetoneura ''Psychotria cathetoneura'' is a species of plant in the family Rubiaceae. It is endemic Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; ...
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Psychotria cernua ''Eumachia lepiniana'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Rubiaceae. It is a shrub or tree endemic to the island of Tahiti in the Society Islands of French Polynesia )Territorial motto: ( en, "Great Tahiti of the Golden Haze") , an ...
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Psychotria chalconeura ''Psychotria chalconeura'' is a species of plant in the family Rubiaceae. It is found in Cameroon and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest A forest is an area of land do ...
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Psychotria chimboracensis ''Psychotria chimboracensis'' is a species of plant in the family Rubiaceae. It is endemic to Ecuador. References Flora of Ecuador chimboracensis Near threatened plants Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{Rubiaceae-stub ...
'' * '' Psychotria clarendonensis'' * ''
Psychotria clusioides ''Psychotria clusioides'' is a species of plant in the family Rubiaceae. It is endemic to Jamaica. It is threatened by habitat loss. References Flora of Jamaica clusioides Endangered plants Endemic flora of Jamaica Taxonomy articl ...
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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 and historical e ...
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Psychotria congesta ''Psychotria congesta'' is a species of plant in the family Rubiaceae. It is endemic to Jamaica Jamaica (; ) is an island country situated in the Caribbean Sea. Spanning in area, it is the third-largest island of the Greater Antilles a ...
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Psychotria cookei ''Psychotria cookei'' is a species of plant in the family Rubiaceae. It is a shrub endemic to the island of Raiatea in the Society Islands of French Polynesia.Psychotria crassipetala ''Psychotria crassipetala'' is a species of plant in the family Rubiaceae. This species was firstly described by E. Petit in 1964. and believed endemic to Kenya for a long time, but recently found also in Tanzania. References * crassip ...
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Psychotria cuneifolia ''Psychotria cuneifolia'' is a species of plant in the family Rubiaceae. It is endemic to Ecuador Ecuador ( ; ; Quechua: ''Ikwayur''; Shuar: ''Ecuador'' or ''Ekuatur''), officially the Republic of Ecuador ( es, República del Ecuador, w ...
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Psychotria cyathicalyx ''Psychotria cyathicalyx'' is a species of plant in the family Rubiaceae. It is endemic to Tanzania Tanzania (; ), officially the United Republic of Tanzania ( sw, Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania), is a country in East Africa within th ...
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Psychotria dallachiana ''Psychotria dallachiana'' is a rainforest plant growing in north eastern Australia. The fruit is food for the cassowary Cassowaries ( tpi, muruk, id, kasuari) are flightless birds of the genus ''Casuarius'' in the order Casuariiformes. ...
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Psychotria dasyophthalma ''Psychotria dasyophthalma'' is a species of plant in the family '' Rubiaceae''. It is endemic to Jamaica. References dasyophthalma ''Dasyophthalma'' is a genus of medium-sized brownish butterflies in the family Nymphalidae The Nymp ...
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Psychotria densinervia ''Psychotria densinervia'' is a species of plant in the family Rubiaceae. It is endemic to Cameroon. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. It is threatened by habitat loss Habitat destruction (also termed h ...
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Psychotria deverdiana ''Psychotria deverdiana'' is a species of plant in the family Rubiaceae. It is endemic to New Caledonia ) , anthem = "" , image_map = New Caledonia on the globe (small islands magnified) (Polynesia centered).svg , map_alt = Location of ...
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Psychotria dolichantha ''Psychotria dolichantha'' is a species of plant in the family Rubiaceae. It is endemic to Jamaica. References dolichantha Near threatened plants Endemic flora of Jamaica Taxonomy articles created by Polbot Taxobox binomials not reco ...
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Psychotria domatiata ''Psychotria domatiata'' is a species of plant in the family Rubiaceae. It is endemic to Jamaica. It is threatened by habitat loss. References domatiata Vulnerable plants Endemic flora of Jamaica Taxonomy articles created by Polbot ...
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Psychotria dubia ''Psychotria dubia'' is a species of plant in the family Rubiaceae. It is endemic to Sri Lanka Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්‍රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=IS ...
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Psychotria dura ''Psychotria dura'' is a species of flowering plant in the family '' Rubiaceae''. It is endemic to Jamaica. References dura Dura may also refer to: Đura such as, for example, Đura Bajalović Geography * Dura language, a critically e ...
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Psychotria elachistantha ''Psychotria elachistantha'' is a species of plant in the family Rubiaceae. It is endemic to Tanzania. References Flora of Tanzania elachistantha Vulnerable plants Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{Rubiaceae-stub ...
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Psychotria expansa ''Psychotria expansa'' is a West Sumatran rainforest understory shrub A shrub (often also called a bush) is a small-to-medium-sized perennial woody plant. Unlike herbaceous plants, shrubs have persistent woody stems above the ground. Shrub ...
'' * '' Psychotria fernandopoensis'' * ''
Psychotria foetens ''Psychotria foetens'' is a species of plant in the family Rubiaceae. It is endemic to Jamaica. References foetens Vulnerable plants Endemic flora of Jamaica Taxonomy articles created by Polbot Taxa named by Olof Swartz {{Rubi ...
'' * '' Psychotria forsteriana'' * ''
Psychotria franchetiana ''Psychotria franchetiana'' is a species of plant in the family Rubiaceae. It is endemic to French Polynesia )Territorial motto: ( en, "Great Tahiti of the Golden Haze") , anthem = , song_type = Regional anthem , song = " Ia Ora 'O Tahiti N ...
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Psychotria fusiformis ''Psychotria fusiformis'' is a species of plant in the family Rubiaceae. It is endemic to Ecuador Ecuador ( ; ; Quechua: ''Ikwayur''; Shuar: ''Ecuador'' or ''Ekuatur''), officially the Republic of Ecuador ( es, República del Ecuador, ...
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Psychotria gardneri ''Psychotria gardneri'' is a species of plant in the family Rubiaceae. It is endemic to Sri Lanka Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්‍රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=I ...
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Psychotria glandulifera ''Psychotria glandulifera'' is a species of plant in the family Rubiaceae. It is endemic to Sri Lanka Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්‍රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit ...
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Psychotria globicephala ''Psychotria globicephala'' is a species of plant in the family Rubiaceae. It is native to Kerala and Tamil Nadu Tamil Nadu (; , TN) is a States and union territories of India, state in southern India. It is the List of states and union t ...
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Psychotria grandiflora ''Psychotria grandiflora'', the largeflower wild coffee, large-flowered balsamo or ''kopiko'', is a species of plant in the family Rubiaceae endemic to the island of Kauai in the Hawaiian Islands. It grows in rainforest habitat. There are ten sm ...
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Psychotria grantii ''Psychotria grantii'' is a species of plant in the family Rubiaceae. It is a shrub or tree endemic to the island of Tahiti in the Society Islands of French Polynesia.Psychotria greenwelliae ''Psychotria greenwelliae'', the Kauai wild coffee, is a species of plant in the family Rubiaceae. It is endemic to the islands of Kauai Kauai, () anglicized as Kauai ( ), is geologically the second-oldest of the main Hawaiian Islands ( ...
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Psychotria guerkeana ''Psychotria guerkeana'' is a species of plant in the family Rubiaceae. It is endemic to São Tomé Island and is listed as vulnerable by the IUCN. It was named and described by Karl Moritz Schumann Karl Moritz Schumann (17 June 1851 – 2 ...
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Psychotria hanoverensis ''Psychotria hanoverensis'' is a species of plant in the family Rubiaceae. It is endemic to Jamaica Jamaica (; ) is an island country situated in the Caribbean Sea. Spanning in area, it is the third-largest island of the Greater Antille ...
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Psychotria hierniana ''Psychotria hierniana'' is a species of plant in the family Rubiaceae. It is endemic to São Tomé Island. References hierniana Flora of São Tomé Island Endemic flora of São Tomé and Príncipe Vulnerable plants Taxonomy articles ...
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Psychotria hobdyi ''Psychotria hobdyi'', the milolii kopiwai, Hobdy's wild-coffee or ''kopiko'', is a species of plant in the family Rubiaceae. It is endemic to the Hawaiian Islands, where it is known only from the island of Kauai. There are about 10 population ...
'' * '' Psychotria insularum'' * ''
Psychotria lanceifolia ''Psychotria lanceifolia'' is a species of plant in the family Rubiaceae. It is endemic to Cameroon. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. It is threatened by ha ...
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Psychotria ligustrifolia ''Psychotria ligustrifolia'', the Bahama wild coffee, is a species of plant in the family Rubiaceae. It is native to Florida, Puerto Rico, and the Bahamas. Synonyms * ''Psychotria bahamensis'' See also *Bahamian dry forests The Bahamian dry ...
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Psychotria longipetiolata ''Psychotria longipetiolata'' is a species of plant in the family Rubiaceae. It is endemic to Sri Lanka Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්‍රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit ...
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Psychotria loniceroides ''Psychotria loniceroides'', the hairy psychotria, is a plant native to the forest areas of eastern Australia. The habitat is the ecotone on the edge of rainforest and eucalyptus forests. It is also found in the understorey of various types of ...
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Psychotria macrocarpa ''Psychotria macrocarpa'' is a species of plant in the family Rubiaceae. It is native to Kerala and Tamil Nadu in India. References macrocarpa ''Hesperocyparis macrocarpa'' is a coniferous tree. It is commonly known as the Monterey cyp ...
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Psychotria marchionica ''Psychotria marchionica'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Rubiaceae. It is endemic to the Marquesas Islands. References marchionica Endemic flora of the Marquesas Islands Taxonomy articles created by Polbot Taxobox b ...
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Psychotria mariana ''Psychotria'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It contains 1,582 species and is therefore one of the largest genera of flowering plants. The genus has a pantropical distribution and members of the genus are small unde ...
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Psychotria mariniana ''Psychotria mariniana'', the forest wild coffee or ''kōpiko'', is a tree endemic to Hawaii. The plant belongs to the Rubiaceae (coffee) family, subfamily Rubioidae. It is a tree of varying size with a dark bark, shiny leaves, and orange oval ...
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Psychotria megalopus ''Psychotria megalopus'' is a species of plant in the family Rubiaceae. It is endemic to Tanzania. References Flora of Tanzania megalopus ''Megalopus'' is a genus of beetles in the family Megalopodidae The Megalopodidae are a small f ...
'' * '' Psychotria megistantha'' * ''
Psychotria minimicalyx ''Psychotria minimicalyx'' is a species of plant in the family Rubiaceae. It is endemic to Cameroon. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. It is threatened by habitat loss Habitat destruction (also termed h ...
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Psychotria moseskemei ''Psychotria moseskemei'' is a species of plant in the family Rubiaceae. It is found in Cameroon and Nigeria. It is threatened by habitat loss Habitat destruction (also termed habitat loss and habitat reduction) is the process by which a n ...
'' * '' Psychotria nervosa'' * ''
Psychotria peteri ''Psychotria peteri'' is a species of plant in the family Rubiaceae. It is endemic to Tanzania. References Flora of Tanzania peteri Vulnerable plants Taxonomy articles created by Polbot Plants described in 1964 {{Rubiaceae-stu ...
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Psychotria petitii ''Psychotria petitii'' is a species of plant in the family Rubiaceae. It is endemic to Taita Hills in Kenya and threatened by habitat loss Habitat destruction (also termed habitat loss and habitat reduction) is the process by which a natura ...
'' * '' Psychotria plicata'' * ''
Psychotria plurivenia ''Psychotria plurivenia'' is a species of plant in the family Rubiaceae. It is endemic to Sri Lanka Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්‍රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std ...
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Psychotria podocarpa ''Psychotria podocarpa'' is a species of plant in the family Rubiaceae. It is found in Cameroon and Nigeria. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. It is threatened by habitat loss Habitat destruction (also t ...
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Psychotria pseudoplatyphylla ''Psychotria pseudoplatyphylla'' is a species of plant in the family Rubiaceae. It is found in Kenya and Tanzania Tanzania (; ), officially the United Republic of Tanzania ( sw, Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania), is a country in East Af ...
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Psychotria punctata ''Psychotria punctata'', the dotted wild coffee, is a species of plants in the family Rubiaceae. Distribution This species can be found from Southern Somalia to Mozambique and Comoros. References Catalogue of LifeThe Plant List
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Psychotria raivavaensis ''Psychotria raivavaensis'' is a species of plant in the family Rubiaceae. It is endemic to French Polynesia )Territorial motto: ( en, "Great Tahiti of the Golden Haze") , anthem = , song_type = Regional anthem , song = " Ia Ora 'O Tahit ...
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Psychotria rhonhofiae ''Psychotria rhonhofiae'' is a species of plant in the family Rubiaceae. It is endemic to Ecuador Ecuador ( ; ; Quechua: ''Ikwayur''; Shuar: ''Ecuador'' or ''Ekuatur''), officially the Republic of Ecuador ( es, República del Ecuador, ...
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Psychotria rimbachii ''Psychotria rimbachii'' is a species of plant in the family Rubiaceae. It is endemic to Ecuador. References Flora of Ecuador rimbachii Endangered plants Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{Rubiaceae-stub ...
'' * '' Psychotria rostrata'' * ''
Psychotria rufipilis ''Psychotria rufipilis'' is an African rainforest understory shrub from the coffee Coffee is a drink prepared from roasted coffee beans. Darkly colored, bitter, and slightly acidic, coffee has a stimulant, stimulating effect on humans, pr ...
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Psychotria saloiana ''Psychotria saloiana'' is a species of plant in the family Rubiaceae. It is endemic to Ecuador. References Flora of Ecuador saloiana Data deficient plants Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{Rubiaceae-stub ...
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Psychotria siphonophora ''Psychotria siphonophora'' is a species of plant in the family Rubiaceae. It is endemic to Jamaica Jamaica (; ) is an island country situated in the Caribbean Sea. Spanning in area, it is the third-largest island of the Greater Antill ...
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Psychotria sodiroi ''Psychotria sodiroi'' is a species of plant in the family Rubiaceae. It is endemic to Ecuador Ecuador ( ; ; Quechua: ''Ikwayur''; Shuar: ''Ecuador'' or ''Ekuatur''), officially the Republic of Ecuador ( es, República del Ecuador, whic ...
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Psychotria sordida ''Psychotria sordida'' is a species of plant in the family Rubiaceae. It is endemic to Sri Lanka Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්‍රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=IS ...
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Psychotria speciosa ''Psychotria'' is a genus of flowering plants in the Family (biology), family Rubiaceae. It contains 1,582 species and is therefore one of the largest genera of flowering plants. The genus has a pantropical distribution and members of the genus a ...
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Psychotria srilankensis ''Psychotria srilankensis'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Rubiaceae. It is endemic to Sri Lanka Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්‍රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, ...
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Psychotria tahitensis ''Psychotria tahitensis'' is a species of plant in the family Rubiaceae. It is endemic to the island of Tahiti, in the Society Islands of French Polynesia )Territorial motto: ( en, "Great Tahiti of the Golden Haze") , anthem = , song_type = ...
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Psychotria taitensis ''Psychotria taitensis'' is a species of plant in the family Rubiaceae. It is endemic to Kenya ) , national_anthem = "Ee Mungu Nguvu Yetu"() , image_map = , map_caption = , image_map2 = , cap ...
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Psychotria tenuifolia ''Psychotria tenuifolia'', commonly known as velvet-leaved wild coffee, is a species of plant in the family Rubiaceae. It is endemic Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, ...
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Psychotria tubuaiensis ''Psychotria tubuaiensis'' is a species of plant in the family Rubiaceae. It is endemic to the Tubuai Islands of French Polynesia )Territorial motto: ( en, "Great Tahiti of the Golden Haze") , anthem = , song_type = Regional anthem , so ...
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Psychotria waasii ''Psychotria waasii'' is a species of plant in the family Rubiaceae. It is endemic to Sri Lanka Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්‍රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ...
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Psychotria woytkowskii ''Psychotria woytkowskii'' is a species of plant in the family Rubiaceae. It is endemic to Peru. References Flora of Peru woytkowskii Vulnerable plants Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{Psychotria-stub ...
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Psychotria zombamontana ''Psychotria zombamontana'' is a species of plant in the family Rubiaceae. It is found in South Africa, Tanzania and Zimbabwe. References zombamontana Flora of Tanzania Flora of Zimbabwe Near threatened plants Taxonomy articles create ...
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* '' Psychotria elata'' = ''Palicourea elata'' * ''
Psychotria poeppigiana __NOTOC__ ''Psychotria poeppigiana'' is a plant species in the family Rubiaceae; a common name is sore-mouth bush,USDA (2006) though it is not very often used. This species is currently accepted as ''Palicourea tomentosa'' based on a journal articl ...
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Image gallery

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Psychotria elliptica ''Psychotria'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It contains 1,582 species and is therefore one of the largest genera of flowering plants. The genus has a pantropical distribution and members of the genus are small underst ...
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Psychotria ankasensis ''Psychotria'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It contains 1,582 species and is therefore one of the largest genera of flowering plants. The genus has a pantropical distribution and members of the genus are small underst ...
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Psychotria capensis ''Psychotria capensis'', the bird-berry, is a southern African evergreen shrub or small tree. It belongs to a genus which is used medicinally in many regions, 'Psychotria' being from the Greek for 'rejuvenating', in reference to the healing prope ...
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See also

* List of the largest genera of flowering plants


References


Psychotria L. Plants of the World OnlineAccepted species Plants of the World Online


External links


''Psychotria'' in the World Checklist of Rubiaceae
{{Taxonbar, from=Q904250 Rubiaceae genera Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus