Psychotria


Psychotria is a large genus of flowering plants in the coffee family Rubiaceae, with over 1,600 species. The genus has a pantropical distribution and members of the genus are small understorey trees in tropical forests. Some species are endangered or facing extinction due to deforestation, especially species of central Africa and the Pacific.
Many species, including Psychotria viridis, produce the psychedelic chemical dimethyltryptamine.

Selected species

Psychotria abdita Psychotria acutiflora Psychotria adamsoniiPsychotria alsophilaPsychotria angustataPsychotria atricaulisPsychotria beddomeiPsychotria bimbiensisPsychotria bryonicolaPsychotria camerunensisPsychotria capensisPsychotria carronisPsychotria carthagenensisPsychotria cathetoneuraPsychotria cernuaPsychotria chalconeuraPsychotria chimboracensisPsychotria clarendonensisPsychotria clusioidesPsychotria colorataPsychotria congestaPsychotria cookeiPsychotria crassipetalaPsychotria cuneifoliaPsychotria cyathicalyxPsychotria dallachianaPsychotria dasyophthalmaPsychotria densinerviaPsychotria deverdianaPsychotria dolichanthaPsychotria domatiataPsychotria dubiaPsychotria duraPsychotria elachistanthaPsychotria expansaPsychotria fernandopoensisPsychotria foetensPsychotria forsterianaPsychotria franchetianaPsychotria fusiformisPsychotria gardneriPsychotria glanduliferaPsychotria globicephalaPsychotria grandifloraPsychotria grantiiPsychotria greenwelliaePsychotria guerkeanaPsychotria hanoverensisPsychotria hiernianaPsychotria hobdyiPsychotria insularumPsychotria lanceifoliaPsychotria ligustrifoliaPsychotria longipetiolataPsychotria loniceroidesPsychotria macrocarpaPsychotria marchionicaPsychotria marginataPsychotria marianaPsychotria marinianaPsychotria megalopusPsychotria megistanthaPsychotria minimicalyxPsychotria moseskemeiPsychotria nervosaPsychotria ngotphamiiPsychotria peteriPsychotria petitiiPsychotria plicataPsychotria pluriveniaPsychotria podocarpaPsychotria pseudoplatyphyllaPsychotria punctataPsychotria raivavaensisPsychotria rhonhofiaePsychotria rimbachiiPsychotria rostrataPsychotria rufipilisPsychotria saloianaPsychotria siphonophoraPsychotria sodiroiPsychotria sordidaPsychotria speciosaPsychotria srilankensisPsychotria tahitensisPsychotria taitensisPsychotria tenuifoliaPsychotria trichocalyxPsychotria tubuaiensisPsychotria viridisPsychotria waasiiPsychotria woytkowskiiPsychotria yaoundensis

Formerly placed here

Psychotria elata = Palicourea elataPsychotria poeppigiana = ''Palicourea tomentosa''