Characteristics
Dicots
Psychotria punctata Vatke
DOTTED WILD COFFEE
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This species is part of an Old World clade of Psychotria with leaf nodules harboring symbiotic bacteria (Razafimandimbison et al. 2014). Though once speculated to be involved in nitrogen fixation, recent evidence suggests the bacteria in the nodules are crucial for the production of secondary metabolites such as C7N aminocyclitols (Carlier et al. 2013).
Not Native
FAC (DEP)
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Classification
Citation
PSYCHOTRIA PUNCTATA Vatke, Oesterr. Bot. Z. 25: 230. 1875.
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ZANZIBAR: Without data, Hildebrandt 1136 (holotype: W; isotypes: BM, K).
Species Distribution Map
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