676 ID wild plant

[Sam Kuzhalanattu]

Please ID wild plant, kind regards, Sam.

Location: Vattavada Munnar Idukki Kerala INDIA

Altitude: 6600fsl

Flower date: 06DEC2024, 05.10pm

Habitat: wild moisture evergreen sloppy misty canopied shola highland 

Plant habit: medium erect branched shrub, hard cylindrical stem 15mm base diameter, perennial

Height: 06 feet

Leaves: opposite elliptic acute simple flexible glossy smooth, vein base glanded, size upto: 09×5cm

Flower: terminal panicle inflorescence, clustered, whitish, fragrant, diameter:02cm

Fruit: 

Seed:

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[J.M. Garg]

It appears to be a Psychotria species. I could not find any match as per the following:
https://efloraofindia.com/efi/psychotria/

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With regards,
J.M.Garg, 
https://efloraofindia.com/

[Sam Kuzhalanattu]

Yes, it is Psychotria sp., dear Garg ji, thank you very much for the Genus ID of my plant, with kind regards, Sam.

[J.M. Garg]

Forwarding again for Id assistance please.

Some earlier relevant feedback:

It appears to be a Psychotria species. I could not find any match as per the following:

https://efloraofindia.com/efi/psychotria/- from me

Yes, it is Psychotria sp., dear Garg ji, thank you very much for the Genus ID of my plant, with kind regards, Sam.

[Sam Kuzhalanattu]

Thank you very much dear Garg ji for forwarding my request for identification.

With kind regards, Sam.

[J.M. Garg]

[Sam Kuzhalanattu]

Thank you very much dear Garg ji for forwarding my request for identification, with kind regards, Sam.

[J.M. Garg]

Forwarding again for Id assistance please.

Some earlier relevant feedback:

It appears to be a Psychotria species. I could not find any match as per the following: https://efloraofindia.com/efi/psychotria/- from me

Yes, it is Psychotria sp., dear Garg ji, thank you very much for the Genus ID of my plant, with kind regards, Sam.

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From: J.M. Garg <jmg...@gmail.com>

Date: Sat, 21 Jun 2025 at 15:01

[Sam Kuzhalanattu]

Thank you very much dear Garg ji for forwarding again my request for identification.

Kind regards, Sam.

[J.M. Garg]

There are many closely related species reported from Idukki district as per listing in Flora of Peninsular India.

After going through them and eFI, POWO and GBIF, I find the following appears closer:
Psychotria barberi:
https://indiaflora-ces.iisc.ac.in/FloraPeninsular/herbsheet.php?id=8634&cat=7
https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:761457-1
https://www.gbif.org/species/2922594

Psychotria macrocarpa Hook.f.:
https://indiaflora-ces.iisc.ac.in/FloraPeninsular/herbsheet.php?id=8650&cat=7
https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:762563-1
https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/gallery?taxon_key=2922300
https://www.gbif.org/tools/zoom/simple.html?src=//api.gbif.org/v1/image/cache/occurrence/912100165/media/2bff70b60cd438bc2796f5821462809b
https://www.gbif.org/tools/zoom/simple.html?src=//api.gbif.org/v1/image/cache/occurrence/665810173/media/cec42600192e497ab4d2ff59324e2be0

Very difficult to confirm anything.

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[Sam Kuzhalanattu]

Dear Garg ji, 

Thank you very much for sharing some more links for identification.  Yes, it is very difficult to confirm.

Kind regards, Sam.

[Saroj Kumar Kasaju]

Psychotria subintegra (Wight & Arn.) Hook.f. ??

Thank you

Saroj Kasaju

[Sam Kuzhalanattu]

Dear Saroj ji,

Thank you very much for the ID suggestion.

Nerves distribution of P. subintegra is not matching, and glanded midrib in dorsal is not visible. Flower also not close.  Another dissimilarity is in their location.  P. subintegra on efloraofindia and my plant growing in the same Munnar area, but the topography of Chinnar and Vattavada is entirely different. Chinnar is a rain shadow area where as Vattavada is Shola forest.  Please check the collage image provided, middle and right are my images.

Kind regards,

Sam Kuzhalanattu.