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Genus: Psychotria
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Order: Gentianales > Family: Rubiaceae
About 1400
species, occurring in the tropics, with eight species native to southern Africa
and a further species cultivated in the region.
Species native to southern Africa
List from
Plants
of Southern Africa - an Online Checklist (SANBI),
Flora of Zimbabwe
and Flora of
Mozambique.
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Psychotria amboniana
Recorded from Mozambique. |
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Psychotria
capensis (Cream
Psychotria) |
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Psychotria djumaensis
Recorded from Zimbabwe. |
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Psychotria kirkii Recorded
from Zimbabwe and Mozambique. See
Flora of Zimbabwe. |
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Psychotria mahonii Recorded
from Zimbabwe and Mozambique. See
Flora of Zimbabwe. |
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Psychotria peduncularis
Recorded from Zimbabwe and Mozambique. |
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Psychotria pumila Recorded
from Zimbabwe and Mozambique. |
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Psychotria zombamontana
See
Flora of Zimbabwe. |
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Other species, cultivated in southern Africa
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Psychotria punctata
Native to Kenya, Tanzania and the Comoros. Cultivated in the Lowveld
Botanical Gardens, Mpumalanga. |
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Publications
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Verdcourt, B. 1976. Flora of Tropical East
Africa. Rubiaceae (part 1): 1-414.
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Verdcourt, B. 1989. Rubiaceae. Flora
Zambesiaca 5,1: 1-210.
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