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Psychotria carthagenensis

Jacq. (1760)

This name is accepted

Kingdom: Viridiplantae Phylum: Magnoliophyta Class/Clade: Eudicot-Asterids Order: Gentianales Family: Rubiaceae Genus: Psychotria

Description

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Synonyms (44)

Mapouria alba f. intermedia Chodat & Hassl. (1904)
Mapouria alba var. tristis (Müll.Arg.) Chodat & Hassl. (1904)
Mapouria australis Müll.Arg. (1876)
Mapouria catharinensis Müll.Arg. (1876)
Mapouria compagniata Müll.Arg. (1876)
Mapouria crassa Müll.Arg. (1881)
Mapouria fockeana (Miq.) Bremek. (1934)
Mapouria martiana Müll.Arg. (1876)
Mapouria pallescens Rusby (1896)
Mapouria pohliana Müll.Arg. (1876)
Mapouria rabeniana Müll.Arg. (1876)
Mapouria riedeliana Müll.Arg. (1876)
Mapouria rigida Rusby (1927)
Mapouria schlechtendaliana Müll.Arg. (1876)
Mapouria tristis Müll.Arg. (1876)
Mapouria velhana Müll.Arg. (1876)
Psychotria alba f. glabrata Griseb. (1879)
Psychotria alba var. tonsa Cham. & Schltdl. (1829)
Psychotria ardisiifolia Kunth (1819)
Psychotria decidua Vell. (1829)
Psychotria elliptica Ker Gawl. (1823)
Psychotria floribunda Kunth (1820)
Psychotria fockeana Miq. (1845)
Psychotria foveolata Ruiz & Pav. (1799)
Psychotria ilheosana Standl. (1930)
Psychotria pallescens (Rusby) Standl. (1931)
Psychotria proxima Standl. (1930)
Psychotria sagrana Urb. (1913)
Psychotria tristicula Standl. (1930)
Uragoga australis (Müll.Arg.) Kuntze (1891)
Uragoga carthagenensis (Jacq.) Kuntze (1891)
Uragoga catharinensis (Müll.Arg.) Kuntze (1891)
Uragoga compaginata (Müll.Arg.) Kuntze (1891)
Uragoga elliptica (Ker Gawl.) Drake (1895)
Uragoga floribunda (Kunth) Kuntze (1891)
Uragoga fockeana (Miq.) Kuntze (1891)
Uragoga jacobaschii Kuntze (1891)
Uragoga pohliana (Müll.Arg.) Kuntze (1891)
Uragoga rabeniana (Müll.Arg.) Kuntze (1891)
Uragoga reevesii Kuntze (1891)
Uragoga tonsa (Cham. & Schltdl.) Kuntze (1891)
Uragoga tristis (Müll.Arg.) Kuntze (1891)
Uragoga velhana (Müll.Arg.) Kuntze (1891)
Uragoga watsoniana Kuntze (1891)

Uses and Culture

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Natural History

Statewide Status

Only found in cultivation

Island Status

Kaua'i Only found in cultivation
O'ahu Only found in cultivation

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Bibliography

Name Published In: Enum. Syst. Pl.: 16 (1760)

Occurrences

SNo. Scientific Name Locality Habitat Basis of Record Description Recorded By Record Number Island Source Date
1 Psychotria carthagenensis Waimea Botanical Garden Growing among other ornamental species in lowland valley botanical garden. Preserved_Specimen 4-5 meter tall tree. Leaves wwith domatia in upper half of underside. Stipules deciduous, ovate, up to 1 cm long. Inflorescences erect, corollas white/cream, lobes spreading to reflexed, stamens long exserted, throat hairy. OED 2008070302 Oahu BISH 2008-07-03
2 Psychotria carthagenensis Koloa District, Lawai Valley. National Tropical Botanical Garden, Bamboo Bridge Rubiaceae area./ Cultivated plants. Preserved_Specimen Shrub 7 ft; lvs dark glossy green above, dull gdrey-green below; immature frt dull medium to dark green ripening yellowish, then orange and finally deep, dark glossy red. Flynn, T.W. 7420 Kauai BISH 2009-01-29
3 Psychotria carthagenensis Hoomaluhia Bot Garden, H\PMAUKA-1:; growing in Philippines Area, mauka (upslope) from main paved road, along unpaved track. Soggy, red clay soil. Soggy, red clay soil. Preserved_Specimen Spindly shrub ca 0.75 m tall; leaves deeply ribbed, yellowish green; no flowers; fruits in terminal panicles, green ripening through yellow to bright red. Staples, G.W. 1617 Oahu BISH 2014-12-29
4 Psychotria carthagenensis Koloa, Lawai, NTBG, Maidenhair Falls Rubiaceae area, E Lawai Stream, McBryde Garden Preserved_Specimen 1.7 m tree, branches ascending, leaves with undulate margins; fruit green, ripening red, 2-seeded Lorence, D.H. 8793 Kauai BISH 2001-09-20
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