Rubiaceae
Bahama wild coffee
Psychotria ligustrifolia
- Family
- Rubiaceae
- Genus
- Psychotria
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Bahama wild coffee, Smooth wild coffee
Synonyms
- Myrstiphyllum ligustrifolium Northr.
- Psychotria bahamensis Millsp. ex Britton
- Psychotria stahlii Urb.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native, Puerto Rico: native
Photos
Photo: Daderot, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Daderot, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: James St. John, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: James St. John, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: James St. John, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: James St. John, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: James St. John, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: James St. John, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: James St. John, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: KATHERINE WAGNER-REISS, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.