Psychotria sordida

Psychotria sordida
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Rubiaceae
Genus: Psychotria
Species: P. sordida
Binomial name
Psychotria sordida
Thwaites

Psychotria sordida is a species of plant in the Rubiaceae family. It is endemic to Sri Lanka.

Leaves

small, lanceolate-oblong, base tapering, long-pointed apex, lateral veins inconspicuous.

Trunk

branchlets slender.

Flowers

greenish-white, sessile, clusters of 3's; Inflorescence - 3-branched, short, spreading, sessile cymes.

Fruits

black, oblong berry, capped by small calyx; pyrenes with 2 deep furrows.

Ecology

montane forest understory.

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