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Red birdberry

Psychotria zombamontana

Also called Herringbone Birdberry, Mountain Birdberry, Ribbed Fruit Psychotria, White Flowered Birdberry

Red birdberry
Photo: Andrew Hankey, CC BY-SA 4.0
Family
Rubiaceae (Coffee family)
Grows as
Tree, Shrub
Native range
Tanzania to Northern Prov.
Climate
seasonally dry tropical

About

Psychotria zombamontana is a species of plant in the family Rubiaceae. It is found in South Africa, Tanzania and Zimbabwe.

Where it grows

Psychotria zombamontane occurs from Tanzania south through South Africa; typically in the understorey of evergreen forests and along the forests' edge. It is one of the primary pioneer species of secondary montane forests and may be abundantly plentiful in the understorey. The species is most commonly found at altitudes between 1,000 m (3,300 ft) and 2,500 m (8,200 ft) above sea level.

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 zombamontana by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

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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