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Seminole balsamo

Psychotria nervosa Sw.

Family
Rubiaceae
Genus
Psychotria

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Seminole balsamo: Leaves Scientific Name: Psychotria nervosa Sw. Common Name: Common Wild Coffee Certainty: positive ( notes ) Location: Florida Keys; Upper Keys; Port Bougainvil
Photo: Jason Hollinger, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (2)
English
Seminole balsamo
French
Psycotre nerveuse

Synonyms

  • Bertiera ferrugrinea Willd. ex Schult.
  • Myrstiphyllum undatum (Jacq.) Hitchc.
  • Psychotria chimarrhoides DC.
  • Psychotria elongata Benth.
  • Psychotria fadyenii Urb.
  • Psychotria granadensis Benth.
  • Psychotria hirta Schult.
  • Psychotria hirta Kunth
  • Psychotria horizontalis Spreng. ex DC.
  • Psychotria lanceolata Nutt.
  • Psychotria nervosa subsp. rufescens (Kunth) Steyerm.
  • Psychotria nervosa var. hirta Steyerm.
  • Psychotria nervosa var. lanceolata (Nutt.) Sarg.
  • Psychotria nervosa var. nervosa
  • Psychotria nervosa var. rufescens (Kunth) L.O.Williams
  • Psychotria oligotricha DC.
  • Psychotria portoriccensis DC.
  • Psychotria quiniifolia Dwyer
  • Psychotria rufescens Kunth
  • Psychotria rufescens var. ferruginea (Willd. ex Schult.) DC.
  • Psychotria rufescens var. haenkeana DC.
  • Psychotria rufescens var. hirta (Schult.) DC.
  • Psychotria stipulacea Sw. ex DC.
  • Psychotria undata Jacq.
  • Psychotria undata var. chimarroides (DC.) Stehlé & Quentin
  • Psychotria undata var. poitaei Urb.
  • Psychotria undulata Poir.
  • Uragoga elongata (Benth.) Kuntze
  • Uragoga granadensis (Benth.) Kuntze
  • Uragoga oligotricha (DC.) Kuntze
  • Uragoga rufescens (Kunth) Kuntze
  • Uragoga undata (Jacq.) Baill.
  • Uragoga undulata (Poir.) Kuntze

Characteristics

Growth habit
Shrub, Tree
Lifespan
Perennial
In the US and Canada
Lower 48 states: native, Puerto Rico: native, U.S. Virgin Islands: native

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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.