Psychotria dalzellii Hook. f. (RUBIACEAE)
Description: These sizable shrubs can reach a height of up to 6 meters. Their leaves are arranged oppositely, obovate-oblong in shape, measuring 12-24 x 5-8 cm. The leaves have a cuneate base, a rounded or obtuse apex, and a coriaceous, glabrous texture. The main nerves are organized in 12-20 pairs, while the petioles are 1.0-2.0 cm long. Additionally, the stipules are broadly ovate and approximately 2.0 cm long. Flowers in terminal peduncled brachiate cymes, white. Bracts and bracteoles large and persistent. Calyx broadly campanulate, lobes 5. Corolla tube very short, densely beared in the throat, lobes 5. Stamens 5, included, attached to the throat of corolla. Ovary 2-locular; style short; stigma bifid. Fruit a drupe, ovoid or subglobose, ca 1 cm diam., smooth, succulent, black when ripe, crowned by the calyx-limb. Seeds planoconvex, rugose, albumen ruminate.
Flowering & Fruiting : May – October.
Distribution: India: Western Peninsula. Endemic.