Metrosideros collina, Coprosma spp., and Psychotria spp. are also common. From Wordnik.com. [Society Islands tropical moist forests] Reference
Common species include Intsia bijuga, Psychotria spp., and Clerodendrum inerme. From Wordnik.com. [Palau tropical moist forests] Reference
Several islands still have remnants of native montane rain forests with Metrosideros, Weinmannia, Celtis, Myoporum, Elaeocarpus, Psychotria, and Myrsine. From Wordnik.com. [Tubuai tropical moist forests] Reference
From my reading I had gleaned that ayahuasca is brewed from two indigenous plants, a liana known as Banisteriopsis caapi and a shrub of the coffee genus, Psychotria viridis. From Wordnik.com. [Broken Music, A Memoir]
At the conference many papers dealt with a visionary drug called ayahuasca, a harsh-tasting thick infusion often made by boiling Banisteriopsis caapi vine and Psychotria viridis leaves. From Wordnik.com. [Craig K. Comstock: Can Psychedelic Drugs Treat PTSD?] Reference
Patches of native forest remain around the higher peaks, and are characterized by Metrosideros, Aleurites, Celastrus vitiensis, Myrsine, Ixora, Psychotria, Cantium barbatum, and Charpentiera. From Wordnik.com. [Tubuai tropical moist forests] Reference
A number of genera including Asplenium, Psychotria, Bidens, Cyrtandra, Peperomia, Myrsine, Cyperus, and Melicope have numerous endemic species that evolved in the Marquesas from single ancestral species. From Wordnik.com. [Marquesas tropical moist forests] Reference
Epiphytic vegetation is abundant and very varied, with several species exclusive to this formation, such as the ferns Hymenodium crinitum and Oleandra articulata and the angiosperms Columnea tincta and Psychotria pendula. From Wordnik.com. [Cuban moist forests] Reference
There are around 2,000 species of vascular plants. 858 species have been identified, with one genus endemic to Coiba (Desmotes) and three endemic species Desmotes incomparabilis, Fleishmania coibensis and Psychotria fosteri. From Wordnik.com. [Coiba National Park and its Special Zone of Marine Protection, Panama] Reference
A low, twisted second story of Ilex wightiana, Rapanaea wightiana, Ternstroemia gymnanthera, Symplocos spp., and Microtropis spp. and a dense shrub layer of saplings of Strobilanthes, Psychotria, and Lasianthus spp. usually is present. From Wordnik.com. [South Western Ghats montane rain forests] Reference
Even the afterword has no good news, as the once widely recommended Syrup of Ipecac, Psychotria ipecacucaunha, is no longer prescribed because while it can induce vomiting to purge other poisons, it can mask symptoms and make diagnosis more difficult. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2009-08-02] Reference
Some of the most common plant endemics of these montane forests are represented by Podocarpus pedulifolius, Oreopanax veillonii, Psychotria aristeguiateae, Lagenanthus princeps, Delostoma integrifolium, and many species of bromeliads, ferns and orchids. From Wordnik.com. [Venezuelan Andes montane forests] Reference
Some low forest associations are Bonnetia neblinae and Neotatea neblinae; Podocarpus roraimae, Schefflera umbellata, Daphnopsis steyermarkii, Psychotria jauaensis, Befaria sprucei, and Weinmannia velutina; and the endemic-dominated association on the Cerro Yapacana of Bonnetia tristyla, Tepuianthus yapacanensis, Symplocos yapacanensis, and Gongylolepis yapacana. From Wordnik.com. [Canaima National Park, Venezuela] Reference
Some vegetation associations in these low forests are Bonnetia neblinae and Neotatea neblinae; Podocarpus roraimae, Schefflera umbellata, Daphnopsis steyermarkii, Psychotria jauaensis, Befaria sprucei, and Weinmannia velutina; and the endemic-dominated association on the Cerro Yapacana of Bonnetia tristyla, Tepuianthus yapacanensis, Symplocos yapacanensis, and Gongylolepis yapacana. From Wordnik.com. [Tepuis] Reference
Banisteriopsis caapi vine and Psychotria viridis leaves. From Wordnik.com. [AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed] Reference
Atop the pounded vine, a large quantity of Psychotria viridis chakruna leaves are added. From Wordnik.com. [FOXNews.com] Reference
Made from the vine Banisteriopsis caapi (called caapi) and the leaf Psychotria viridis, (known as chakruna) ayahuasca is considered among natives in the Amazon to be a sacred plant medicine. From Wordnik.com. [FOXNews.com] Reference
These occur on organic soils in hypo-saline drainage lines and marshes around freshwater lakes usually flooded with slow-flowing water after rains; mangroves, dominated by Bruguieria gymnorrhiza and Avicennia marina; the uniquely well developed coastal dune forest (Mimusops caffra, Grewia occidentalis, Psychotria capensis) which can reach 30 m high and has a dense shrub layer with many lianas; sand forest on relict dunes of highly-leached sands (Newtonia hildebrandtii, Cleistanthus schlechteri); and coastal lowland forest growing to 30 m high on highly leached sands (Strychnos decussata, S. gerrardii); also plantations of Pinus elliottii. From Wordnik.com. [Greater St Lucia Wetland Park, South Africa] Reference
Cheirodendron, Ilex, Antidesma, Melicope, Syzygium, Myrsine, Psychotria, Tetraplasandra, etc.), and tree ferns (Cibotium spp.) and a variety of shrubs and epiphytic plants covering the forest floor and tree surfaces. From Wordnik.com. [Hawaii tropical moist forests] Reference
Myrsine, Elaeocarpus, Syzgium, Psychotria, Timonius, Gynotroches, and Astronidium. From Wordnik.com. [Carolines tropical moist forests] Reference
The shrub layer below includes Psychotria, Crateva, Streblus, Glochidion, Leea, Hibiscus, Polyscias, and Ixora. From Wordnik.com. [Yap tropical dry forests] Reference
Syzygium, Metrosideros, Ardisia, Psychotria, Schefflera, Ficus, Rhododendron, Dacrydium, and Podcarpus pilgeri have been collected in the mountains of the Solomons. From Wordnik.com. [Solomon Islands rain forests] Reference
The principal forest genera here include Horsfieldia, Neubergia, Psychotria, Syzgium, Campnosperma, Macaranga, Cyathea, Dendrocnide, Boehmeria, and Ficus, and the only indigenous palm, Ptychosperma ledermanniana. From Wordnik.com. [Carolines tropical moist forests] Reference
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