Psychotria mariniana, the forest wild coffee[2] or kōpiko, is a tree endemic to Hawaiʻi. The plant belongs to the Rubiaceae (coffee) family, subfamily Rubioidae. It is a tree of varying size with a dark bark, shiny leaves, and orange oval fruit.
A distinctive line of glands along the bottom of the central vein of each leaf connects this plant to the Hawaiian word for it, since piko means navel (in Hawaiian). The word kōpiko applies to all the Hawaiian plants in the genus Psychotria.
See also
References
- ^ "Psychotria mariniana (Cham. & Schlecht.) Fosberg". ITIS Standard Reports. Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2009-03-14.
- ^ NRCS. "Psychotria mariniana". PLANTS Database. United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved 15 October 2015.
External links
Media related to Psychotria mariniana at Wikimedia Commons- A page about growing kōpiko in gardens (Google Books).
- A hiking page referring to kōpiko (Google Books)
- "Kōpiko". Native Hawaiian Plants. Kapiʻolani Community College. Archived from the original on 2009-09-18.
- "kopiko, kopiko ula (P. hawaiiensis), opiko (P. hawaiiensis, P. mauiensis), kopiko kea (P. kaduana". Hawaiian Ethnobotany Database. Bernice P. Bishop Museum.
