FNPS Plant Database

Psychotria ligustrifolia

Bahama wild-coffee

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Nomenclature

Common Name:

Bahama wild-coffee

Synonym(s):

Genus species:

Psychotria ligustrifolia

Family:

Rubiaceae

Plant Specifics

Form:

shrub

Size:

3-4 ft tall by 3-4 ft wide

Life Span:

Long-lived perennial

Flower Color:

white

Fruit Color:

Phenology:

Evergreen. Blooms and fruits all year except during cold or day spells.

Noted For:

Showy Flowers, Showy Fruits, Interesting Foliage

Landscaping

Recommended Uses:

Specimen or hedge plant.

Considerations:

Availability:

Native Nurseries, FNPS Plant Sales

Propagation:

Light:

Part Sun

Moisture Tolerance:

Always Flooded------------------------------------------------Extremely Dry

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Usually moist, occasional inundation ---to--- Not wet but not extremely dry

Salt Water Flooding Tolerance:

Unknown

Salt Spray/Salty Soil Tolerance:

Some tolerance to salty wind but not direct salt spray

Soil or Other Substrate:

Sand, Lime Rock

Soil pH:

Suitable to Grow In:

USDA zones are based on the average annual extreme minimum winter temperature.



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Ecology

Wildlife:

Pollinators, Birds

Attracts bees and wasps, some flies, and other pollinators.

Birds and other animals use the fruits

Native Habitats:

Tropocal hammocks, pine flatwoods.

Natural Range in Florida:

Comments:

Ethnobotany:

General Comments:

Citations:

Chapin, Linda.  2000.  Field guide to the rare plants of Florida.  Florida Natural Areas Inventory, Tallahassee, FL.  



Huegel, Craig, N.  2010.  Native plant landscaping for Florida wildlife.  University Press of Florida, Gainesville, FL. (wildlife uses, salt)



Osorio, Rufino. 2001. A gardener's guide to Florida's native Plants.  University Press of Florida, Gainesville, FL.



Wunderlin, R. P., B. F. Hansen, A. R. Franck, and F. B. Essig. 2021.  Atlas of Florida Plants  ( http://florida.plantatlas.usf.edu/ ).  Institute for Systematic Botany, University of South Florida, Tampa.

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