Psychotria nigra
- Habit
- Shrub
- Found in India
- Tamil Nadu, Karnataka
- Flowering
- Throughout the year
How to identify Psychotria nigra
Identify Psychotria nigra by combining habit, leaf characters, flower or fruit details, location, and its family pattern. Do not rely on one feature alone.
- Look for a shrub habit.
- Confirm leaf surface: Glabrous (smooth, hairless).
- Confirm flower colour: White.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: Throughout the year.
- In India, compare location records such as Tamil Nadu, Karnataka.
- Confirm it sits within the Rubiaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Psychotria nigra.
Plant Details
Leaf characters
- Leaf surface
- Glabrous (smooth, hairless)recorded
Typical of the family
- Arrangement
- Opposite
Characters marked “recorded” are for Psychotria nigra 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 Psychotria nigra itself; the rest are typical of the Rubiaceae family — flowering plants only.
About Psychotria nigra
A member of the Rubiaceae family, Psychotria nigra is a shrub. In India it has been recorded in Tamil Nadu and Karnataka. It grows in evergreen and semi-Evergreen forests. It flowers and fruits through much of the year.
Rubiaceae
Coffee/Madder family
Psychotria nigra belongs to the Rubiaceae family.
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