Shiny-leaved Wild Coffee
Psychotria nervosa
Summary 2
Wild coffee is found in the higher areas of swamps, in hydric and mesic hammocks, and areas that are seasonally wet and dry. Upright, multi-stemmed, evergreen shrub. Under natural shaded conditions it is likely to be a lanky plant, taller than it is wide. In full sun, it is a rounded shrub. The leaves are opposite, simple, elliptical to obovate-shaped, and 3-6 in. long with a pointed apex. The upper surface is dark green and shiny with deeply impressed veins. The plant blooms intermittently in spring and summer. The flowers are small, tubular, and white forming in 2.5 in. flat clusters. Wild coffee is so named because the fruits resemble those of the common coffee shrub. The fruit is oval, fleshy, with thin skin that matures red, to scarlet, to maroon. The fruit measures on average 1/3 inches in diameter and contains 2 seeds. Is eaten by a variety of birds including the Florida state bird, the Northern Mockingbird .
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More Info
- iNat taxon page
- Biodiversity Heritage Library
- BOLD Systems BIN search
- Catalogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia
- eFloras.org
- Flora of North America (beta)
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
- HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants
- IPNI (with links to POWO, WFO, and BHL)
- NatureServe Explorer 2.0
- SEINet Symbiota portals
- Tropicos
- USDA PLANTS database
- World Flora Online
Range Map
iNat Map
| Ecosystem | Interior uplands |
|---|---|
| Fruit | Red |
| Leaf arrangement | Opposite |
| Leaf type | Simple |
| Leaf shape | Elliptic |
| Flowers | White |
