NAMING
Scientific Name: Psychotria nervosa
Family: Rubaceae
Common: wild coffee
HABITAT
Native
Habitat: Shell mounds, coastal hammocks, piney woods
Range: Endemic to Florida, but also in other parts of Caribbean
TREE TRUNK
Size: 15 ft tall, small woody plant
Bark: –
LEAVES
Deciduous
Simple
Alternate
elliptic to obvate
apex is cuminate
Margins are entire but illegible
Veins impressed (look sunken in)
Dark green above
Light green below
REPRODUCTION
Flowers: little white
Fruit: Bright red drupe
USES
Wildlife – pollinators, humming birds, hallucinogenic properties
TOLERANCES
Shade: moderate
Drought: moderate
Frost: low
UF Dendrology 
