Psychotria ligustrifolia
Bahama wild-coffee
Rubiaceae
Plant Specifics
Form:
shrub
Size:
3-4 ft tall by 3-4 ft wide
Life Span:
long-lived perennial
Flower Color:
white
Fruit Color:
Phenology:
Evergreen. Blooms and fruits all year except during cold or day spells.
Noted For:
Showy Flowers, Showy Fruits, Interesting Foliage
Landscaping
Recommended Uses:
Specimen or hedge plant.
Considerations:
Light:
Part Sun
Moisture Tolerance:
Usually moist, occasional inundation ---- to ---- Not wet but not extremely dry
Salt Water Flooding Tolerance:
Unknown
Salt Spray/Salty Soil Tolerance:
Some tolerance to salty wind but not direct salt spray
Soil or Other Substrate:
Sand, Lime Rock
Suitable to Grow In:
Ecology
Wildlife:
Pollinators, Birds
Attracts bees and wasps, some flies, and other pollinators.
Birds and other animals use the fruits
Native Habitats:
Tropocal hammocks, pine flatwoods.
