Psychotria micrantha
Kunth
Rubiaceae
Mapouria micrantha (Kunth) Wernham
Mapouria tomentosa Oerst.
Palicourea micrantha Urb. & Ekman
Psychotria hindsii Standl.
Psychotria rufescens Schult.
Psychotria tomentosa Hemsl.
Uragoga hemsleyana Kuntze
Uragoga micrantha (Kunth) Kuntze
Common Name:
General Information
Psychotria micrantha is a shrub or small tree growing 2 - 8 metres tall[
369- Title
- Flora of Costa Rica
- Publication
-
- Author
- Standley P.C.
- Website
- http://www.archive.org/
- Publisher
- Field Museum of Natural History; Chicago
- Year
- 1938
- ISBN
-
- Description
- Rather dated, but an excellent treatment of the area. Available for download from the internet.
].
The plant is sometimes gathered from the wild for local medicinal use.
Known Hazards
None known
Botanical References
369- Title
- Flora of Costa Rica
- Publication
-
- Author
- Standley P.C.
- Website
- http://www.archive.org/
- Publisher
- Field Museum of Natural History; Chicago
- Year
- 1938
- ISBN
-
- Description
- Rather dated, but an excellent treatment of the area. Available for download from the internet.
Range
S. America - Peru, Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela, through Central America to Guatemala.
Habitat
Evergreen rain forest formations, at elevations of 250 - 700 metres, rarely to 1,000 metres[
369- Title
- Flora of Costa Rica
- Publication
-
- Author
- Standley P.C.
- Website
- http://www.archive.org/
- Publisher
- Field Museum of Natural History; Chicago
- Year
- 1938
- ISBN
-
- Description
- Rather dated, but an excellent treatment of the area. Available for download from the internet.
].
Properties
| Habit | Tree |
| Height | 6.00 m |
| Cultivation Status | Wild |
Cultivation Details
Not known
Edible Uses
None known
Medicinal
The plant is used as an emmenagogue and in the treatment of asthma[
46- Title
- Dictionary of Economic Plants.
- Publication
-
- Author
- Uphof. J. C. Th.
- Publisher
- Weinheim
- Year
- 1959
- ISBN
- -
- Description
- An excellent and very comprehensive guide but it only gives very short descriptions of the uses without any details of how to utilize the plants. Not for the casual reader.
].
Other Uses
None known
Propagation
Seed -
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Ken Fern,
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Ajna Fern
with help from
Richard Morris.
