Psychotria nigropunctataHiern [family RUBIACEAE ] (stored under name);
Related name
Psychotria swynnertonii
Psychotria griseola
Psychotria volkensii
Psychotria alsophila
Psychotria nigropunctata
Psychotria tarambassica
Psychotria alsotropha
Flora
Entry for PSYCHOTRIA nigropunctata Hiern [family RUBIACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of Tropical Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of Tropical Africa, Vol 1, page 33, (1877) Author: (By Mr. W. P. Hiern.)
Names
PSYCHOTRIA nigropunctataHiern [family RUBIACEAE]
Information
Glabrous, shrubby? Branches smooth, subterete, somewhat compressed at the extremities. Leaves narrowly elliptical, narrowed at both ends, chartaceous, black-punctate, 2–3 by 3/4– 7/8 in., margins very narrowly revolute, lateral veins about 7–8 pairs, slender, inconspicuous; petiole 1/8– 1/4 in.; stipules deeply bilobed, 1/4 in. long, segments subulate-acute from an ovate or lanceolate base. Flowers several together, on pedicels of 1/12– 1/10 in. which in fruit lengthen to about double, umbellately arranged in terminal and subterminal pedunculate clusters; common peduncle about 1–1 1/4 in. long; bracts and bracteoles absent or minute. Calyx urceolate; limb short, deeply lobed, teeth 5, lanceolate-subulate, recurving. Corolla not known. Fruit 1/5– 1/4 in. diameter, indistinctly ribbed; albumen of the seeds uniform.
