Rubiaceae
Shortleaf wild coffee
Psychotria tenuifolia
- Family
- Rubiaceae
- Genus
- Psychotria
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Shortleaf wild coffee
Synonyms
- Psychotria laurifolia Bertol. ex DC.
- Psychotria pulverulenta Urb.
- Psychotria sessilifolia M.Martens & Galeotti
- Psychotria sulzneri Small
- Uragoga sessilifolia (M.Martens & Galeotti) Kuntze
- Uragoga tenuifolia (Sw.) Kuntze
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native, Puerto Rico: native, U.S. Virgin Islands: native
Photos
Photo: Daderot, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Raffi Kojian, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Daderot, CC0, 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.