Rubiaceae
Psychotria

Psychotria leucopoda E.M.A.Petit

First published in Bull. Jard. Bot. État Bruxelles 36: 84 (1966)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is SE. Kenya to NE. Tanzania (incl. Zanzibar). It is a shrub and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Descriptions

Extinction risk predictions for the world's flowering plants to support their conservation (2024). Bachman, S.P., Brown, M.J.M., Leão, T.C.C., Lughadha, E.N., Walker, B.E. https://nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/nph.19592

Conservation
Predicted extinction risk: threatened. Confidence: confident
[AERP]

Rubiaceae, B. Verdcourt. Flora of Tropical East Africa. 1976

Morphology General Habit
Shrub 0.6–3 m. tall, with rather slender glabrous branches.
Morphology Leaves
Leaf-blades elliptic to narrowly oblong-elliptic, 3.5–16 cm. long, 1–6 cm. wide, acuminate at the apex, cuneate at the base, often deep brown on drying, completely glabrous or sometimes ciliate along the sides of the midrib; nodules situated in the midrib; petiole 0.3–2 cm. long, glabrous; stipules acuminate, the apex entire or very shortly bidentate, the base ovate-triangular, 3–6 mm. long, glabrous, deciduous.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
Flowers heterostylous, 5-merous, in branched glabrous panicles, often drying a salmon-red colour, 3–12 cm. long; peduncles 1.5–6 cm. long; secondary branches 0.5–1.5 cm. long; pedicels 3–5 mm. long, sometimes attaining 1 cm. in fruit; bracts and bracteoles minute.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
Calyx glabrous, broadly turbinate; tube ± 1 mm. long; limb deeply cupuliform, 1–1.7 mm. long, the teeth narrowly triangular 0.25–0.5 mm. long.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
Corolla white, glabrous outside; buds with 5 small “horns” at the apex; tube 3.5–5 mm. long; lobes oblong-lanceolate, 2.5–3 mm. long, 0.8–1 mm. wide, slightly appendaged at the apex.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Androecium Stamens
Stamens with filaments 1.5–3 mm. long in short-styled flowers, 0.3 mm. long in long-styled flowers.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Gynoecium Pistil
Style 2.5 mm. long in short-styled flowers, 5–6 mm. long in long-styled flowers; stigma-lobes 0.5–1 mm. long.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Drupes bright cherry-red when ripe, with 2 pyrenes, ellipsoid, 6–8 mm. long, 4–6 mm. wide, crowned with the calyx-limb, glabrous; pyrenes semi-ellipsoid, 4.2 mm. long, 3.5 mm. wide, 2 mm. thick, the dorsal surface 4–5-ribbed.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds
Seeds 3.5 mm. long, 3.2 mm. wide, 1.6 mm. thick, obtusely ribbed on the dorsal surface, the ventral surface ± 2-grooved; albumen not ruminate.
Habitat
Rain-forest, lowland fringing forest and also in drier coastal evergreen forest; 45–1050 m.
Distribution
not known elsewhere K7 T3 T6 Z
[FTEA]

IUCN Red List of Threatened Species https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/84548137/84548140

Conservation
VU - vulnerable
[IUCN]

Sources

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    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
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    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
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  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.
    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

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    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
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  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0