Psychotria flavida Talbot

 
  • Family : RUBIACEAE
    (COFFEE FAMILY OR MADDER FAMILY)
  • Family (as per The Plant List) : Rubiaceae
  • Species : Psychotria flavida
  • Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Psychotria flavida Talbot
  • Endemism : Peninsular India
  • Key identification features : A small shrub. Leaves are elliptic-oblong, shortly acuminate at apex. Flowers are small in terminal peduncled cymes. Calyx is minutely toothed. Drupe is subglobose to about 6 mm across, pyrenes being smooth.
  • Habit : Shrub
  • Flower, Fruit : March-May
  • Native : India
  • Comments : On hills above 900 m and gregarious inside sholas.
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Distribution Locality : Sirumalai Hills (Dindigul district) (Tamil Nadu State); Visakhapatnam district (Andhra Pradesh State)
  • World Distribution : India
  • Literature : Pullaiah et al., 2007 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 3; Matthew, K.M., The Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (1). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983.
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Arun Singh R., Deepak Kumar, Raja K Swamy and Navendu Page (2016). Digital Flora of Eastern Ghats. http://easternghats.ces.iisc.ernet.in/plants.php?name=Psychotria flavida. Downloaded on 29 June 2024.

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