Psychotria
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Authority
Acevedo-Rodríguez, Pedro. 2005. Vines and climbing plants of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. Contr. U. S. Natl. Herb. 51: 1-483.
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Family
Rubiaceae
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Scientific Name
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Description
Description - Erect or less frequently clambering shrubs, herbs, or small trees. Leaves opposite or less frequently 3 or 4 per node, petiolate; stipules interpetiolar or intrapetiolar, persistent or deciduous. Flowers bisexual, 4-6-merous, actinomorphic, sessile or pedicellate, in axillary or terminal panicles, corymbs, cymes, racemes or heads, with greenish axes. Calyx crateriform, dentate or truncate at the apex; corolla gamopetalous, hypocrateriform, infundibuliform, or campanulate, of various colors, but usually white; stamens 4-6, exserted or included; ovary inferior, with 2(-5) carpels, each carpel with one ovule. Fruit a fleshy drupe with 2(5) pyrenes, each containing a single seed. A pantropical genus of 1,000-1,500 species.