Wild Coffee

Picramnia pentandra

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Botanical name
Picramnia pentandra
Also known as
Bastard Bough, Bitterbush, Wild Coffee
Family
Picramniaceae
Genus
Picramnia
Reference
World Flora Online

How to grow Wild Coffee

We have not written a growing guide for this species yet.

GardenDecoded's botanical data covers every accepted species, but growing advice is written by hand rather than imported — so it exists only for the plants we have worked through so far. The botanical detail above is complete and sourced.

Other names for this plant

These names have all been used for Picramnia pentandra but are no longer the accepted name. You may still meet them on old labels, in books, or in nursery catalogues.

Picramnia antidesmoides Picramnia cubensis Picramnia micrantha Picramnia oblongifolia Tariri pentandra

Others in Picramnia

Picramnia andrade-limae
Picramnia ferrea
Picramnia sellowii
Picramnia campestris
Picramnia gardneri subsp. septentrionalis
Picramnia polyantha
Picramnia antidesma
Picramnia antidesma subsp. antidesma

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