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Small Psychotria

Psychotria simmondsiana

Small Psychotria
Photo: Craig Robbins, CC BY 4.0

Psychotria simmondsiana is a small shrub or tree from the coffee family, native to subtropical rainforests of south-east Queensland and northern New South Wales in Australia. It grows best in shaded, humid conditions with rich, well-drained soil.

Family
Rubiaceae (Coffee family)
Grows as
Tree, Shrub
Light
Part shade, Shade
Water
Keep the soil evenly moist during growth and water less in winter; avoid waterlogging.
Soil
Rich, well-drained, humus-rich potting or garden mix.
Temperature
15–28 °C; protect below 5 °C
How easy
Moderate
Native range
Queensland to NE. New South Wales
Climate
seasonally dry tropical

About

Psychotria simmondsiana, known commonly as the small psychotria, is a species of shrub or small tree in the coffee family Rubiaceae that occurs primarily in South East Queensland and northern New South Wales in Australia.

Where it grows

The species primarily inhabits rainforests in eastern Australia, with small, disjunct populations residing in Carnarvon National Park and in the Wet Tropics.

Other Psychotria plants

Psychotria abdita · Psychotria acutiflora · Psychotria adamsonii · Psychotria alba · Psychotria alsophila · Pink wild coffee · Psychotria atricaulis · Psychotria beddomei · Psychotria bimbiensis · Psychotria bryonicola · Psychotria camerunensis · Black bird-berry

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Psychotria simmondsiana by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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