Psychotria loniceroides Sieber ex DC.

Psychotria loniceroides (lat. Psychotria loniceroides) - boyaqotukimilər fəsiləsinin psixotriya cinsinə aid bitki növü.

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Psychotria loniceroides, the hairy psychotria, is a plant native to the forest areas of eastern Australia.

The habitat is the ecotone on the edge of rainforest and eucalyptus forests. It is also found in the understorey of various types of rainforests.

The natural range of distribution is from the Bega in south eastern New South Wales to Bamaga, in far north eastern Queensland. The scientific name refers to the healing qualities of some members of the genus Psychotria. Psyche meaning life. And loniceroides suggests the leaves are similar to the honey-suckle plant, Lonicera.

Description

A shrub or a small tree, up to 5 metres in height and a stem diameter of 10 cm. The trunk is crooked with various bumps, the base of the trunk is not buttressed. Bark dark brown, fairly smooth but with wrinkles. Branchlets hairy and relatively thick.

Leaves

Leaves opposite on the stem, egg shaped, though sometimes oblong or elliptical, with an abrupt short tip. Leaves 6 to 10 cm long, 1.5 to 5 cm wide. Leaf stalk 5 to 15 mm long. Leaves softly hairy. A mid to light green above, a paler green below. Leaf veins hairy, veins prominently raised below the leaf.

Flowers and fruit

Clusters of white flowers form on a loose branching head from December to March. Fruit matures from February to September, being a yellow or creamy drupe, 6 mm in diameter. Inside is a single oval shaped and ribbed seed.

Fruit eaten by the green catbird. Regeneration from fresh seed is slow, starting after around four months. After five months, a success rate of around 64% may be expected. Cuttings are not particularly successful. The fruit is reported to be edible to humans although they taste very bad when unripe and can irritate the throat.^[1]

References

Notes

Sources

• Floyd, A. G. (1989). Rainforest Trees of Mainland South-eastern Australia (1st ed.). Port Melbourne: Elsevier Australia - Inkata Imprint, copyright Forestry Commission of New South Wales (published 1 December 1989). p. 312. ISBN 0-909605-57-2. Retrieved 17 August 2009. (other publication details, included in citation)
• PlantNET - The Plant Information Network System of Botanic Gardens Trust, Sydney, Australia - 17 August 2009. http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Psychotria~loniceroides

Psychotria loniceroides adalah spesies tumbuhan yang tergolong ke dalam famili Rubiaceae. Spesies ini juga merupakan bagian dari ordo Gentianales. Spesies Psychotria loniceroides sendiri merupakan bagian dari genus Psychotria. Nama ilmiah dari spesies ini pertama kali diterbitkan oleh Sieber ex DC..

Referensi

• Psychotria in the World Checklist of Rubiaceae.

Psychotria loniceroides là một loài thực vật có hoa trong họ Thiến thảo. Loài này được Sieber ex DC. miêu tả khoa học đầu tiên năm 1830.^[1]

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Liên kết ngoài

• Phương tiện liên quan tới Psychotria loniceroides tại Wikimedia Commons
• Dữ liệu liên quan tới Psychotria loniceroides tại Wikispecies
• Vườn thực vật hoàng gia Kew; Đại học Harvard; Australian Plant Name Index (biên tập). “Psychotria loniceroides”. International Plant Names Index. Truy cập ngày 5 tháng 6 năm 2013.