✿Rubiaceae · Psychotria
Kaadu Coffee / South Indian Wild Coffee
Psychotria flavida
Shrub
- Habit
- Shrub
- Found in India
- Karnataka
- Flowering
- March-July
Plant Details
Leaf characters
- Leaf surface
- Glabrous (smooth, hairless)recorded
Typical of the family
- Arrangement
- Opposite
Characters marked “recorded” are for Kaadu Coffee itself; the rest are typical of the Rubiaceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- Whiterecorded
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Actinomorphic (radially symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Cyme
- Fruit
- Berry
Characters marked “recorded” are for Kaadu Coffee itself; the rest are typical of the Rubiaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Kannada
- ಕಾಡುಕಾಫಿ Kaadu coffee
About Kaadu Coffee
South Indian Wild Coffee (Psychotria flavida) is a shrub in the Rubiaceae family. In India it has been recorded in Karnataka. It grows in evergreen forests and sacred groves. Flowering and fruiting run from March to July.
Botanical family
Rubiaceae
Coffee/Madder family
Kaadu Coffee belongs to the Rubiaceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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