Common name: Smooth Psychotria
Psychotria daphnoides A.Cunn. ex Hook. APNI* 
Description: Shrub to c. 3 m high, glabrous to sparsely hairy.
Leaves opposite; lamina oblanceolate to obovate or oblong, mostly 1–9.5 cm long, 4–36 mm wide, apex shortly acuminate, acute or ± obtuse, margins recurved to revolute, lamina glabrous to ± hairy on lower surface, lateral veins faint; petiole 1–13 mm long.
Flowers in terminal cymes, often 3 flowers together, pedicellate except central one. Calyx 1–1.5 mm long. Corolla 2.5–5 mm long, white to cream; lobes usually shorter than tube.
Fruit ellipsoid, c. 5–7 mm long, creamy-white, crowned by persistent calyx, longitudinally ribbed and furrowed.
Flowering: summer.
Distribution and occurrence: Grows in subtropical rainforest and moist sites in wet sclerophyll forest; widespread, north from Manning R. NC. Qld.
NSW subdivisions: NC
Other Australian states: Qld N.T.
Text by S. McCune
Taxon concept: Flora of NSW 3 (1992)
| | Key to the varieties | |
| 1 | Leaves 1– 4.5 cm long, mainly north of Casino | var. daphnoides |
| Leaves mostly greater than 4.5 cm long, north from Manning River | var. pubescens |
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