Psychotria insularum: taxon details and analytics

Domain
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Gentianales
Family
Rubiaceae
Genus
Psychotria
Species
Psychotria insularum
Scientific Name
Psychotria insularum

Summary description from Wikipedia:

Psychotria insularum

Psychotria insularum is a rainforest understory shrub from the coffee family, Rubiaceae. Its native range is the South Pacific.

It has traditional uses in herbal medicine. In 2021, the potent anti-inflammatory rutin was isolated from P. insularum (known in Samoa as "matalafi").

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Psychotria insularum
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Psychotria insularum
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