Psychotria pubescens Sw.
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Authority
Britton, Nathaniel L. & Millspaugh, Charles F. 1920. The Bahama Flora.
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Family
Rubiaceae
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Scientific Name
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Description
Species Description - A shrub, 3 m. high or less, rarely a small tree 5 m. high, the branches slender, sometimes constricted at the nodes, the twigs, leaves and inflorescence finely pubescent or puberulent, rarely glabrous. Leaves membranous, elliptic to oblong-lanceolate, 7-15 em. long, acuminate at the apex, narrowed at the base, prominently pinnately veined, the slender petioles 8-18 mm. long, the subulate geminate stipules united by their broad bases; panicles peduncled, usually many-flowered; pedicels very short; calyx about 1 mm. long, its teeth ovate; corolla yellow, whitish or pinkish, 4-5 mm. long, usually puberulent outside, pubescent in the throat, its oblong lobes shorter than the tube; drupe subglobose, black, 3-4 mm. in diameter, the pyrenae angled.
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Distribution
Pine-lands and coppices, Abaco, Great Bahama. Andros and New Providence : Cuba to St. Thomas ; St. Kitts ; Jamaica. Hairy Wild Coffee.
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