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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.

Psychotria mariniana
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Gentianales
Family:	Rubiaceae
Genus:	Psychotria
Species:	P. mariniana
Binomial name
Psychotria mariniana (Cham. & Schltdl.) Fosberg[1]
Synonyms
Coffea mariniana Cham. & Schltdl.

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

• Kopiko (confectionery)

References

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.

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