Psychotria gabonica Hiern
First published in D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 3: 201 (1877)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is W. & W. Central Tropical Africa. It is a shrub or tree and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.
Descriptions
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/136110244/136110246
- Conservation
- LC - least concern
Rubiaceae, F. N. Hepper & R. W. J. Keay. Flora of West Tropical Africa 2. 1963
- Morphology General Habit
- A shrub or small tree 6-11 ft. high
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
- Flowers whitish
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
- Fruits yellow.
Rubiaceae, F. N. Hepper & R. W. J. Keay. Flora of West Tropical Africa 2. 1963
- Morphology General Habit
- A nearly glabrous shrub
- Morphology Leaves
- Fairly large leaves
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
- Flowers in stoutish terminal cymes.
- Note
- Fruits are required to ascertain whether this species has ruminate endosperm.
Sources
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Flora of West Tropical Africa
- Flora of West Tropical Africa
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Herbarium Catalogue Specimens
- Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
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IUCN Categories
- IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
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Kew Backbone Distributions
- The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
- © Copyright 2022 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
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Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone
- The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
- © Copyright 2022 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0