Family: Rubiaceae
Plant: A shrub or small tree up to 5m high with hairy leaves and stems.
Flowers: White, 4-6 lobed, tubular, 5-6mm long in a terminal cluster.
Flowering: January-March.
Fruit: Whitish-yellow, ribbed, ovoid drupe 6mm diameter in drooping terminal clusters.
Leaves: Opposite, soft, rusty hairy, ovate to elliptic 5-15cm long and up to 5cm wide with prominent pinnate veins.
Habitat: Rainforest margins and wet sclerophyll forest.
Features: Soft, hairy, opposite leaves with prominent veins. Yellow fruit.
Name:
Psychotria From Greek = the human mind or soul.
loniceroides From it being similar to Lonicera, the Honeysuckle Vine.
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Type |
Tree, Shrub |
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Flowers |
Form |
Tubular/Bell-shaped, Cluster |
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Colour(s) |
White |
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Petal/Sepal No. |
4, 5, 6 |
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Flowering Month |
1, 2, 3 |
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Fruit |
Type |
Drupe |
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Colour |
Yellow, White |
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Other Features |
- |
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Leaves |
Arrangement |
Opposite |
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Type |
Simple |
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Shape |
Oval |
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Length |
Medium |
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Margins |
Entire |
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Attachment |
Stalked |
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Other Features |
Hairy, Soft, Rusty |
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Bark |
- |
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Habitat |
Rainforest, Wet sclerophyll forest |
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