Psydrax dicoccosGaertn.

WFO wfo-0000288153 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Psydrax dicoccos, photographed by Agnes Trekker
fig. a Agnes Trekker, CC0 1.0 / 2021-12-02 / obs. 171148515
Psydrax dicoccos, photographed by Agnes Trekker
fig. b Agnes Trekker, CC0 1.0 / obs. 164350695
Psydrax dicoccos, photographed by Agnes Trekker
fig. c Agnes Trekker, CC0 1.0 / obs. 125257410
Psydrax dicoccos, photographed by S.MORE
fig. d S.MORE, CC0 1.0 / obs. 61906654
Psydrax dicoccos, photographed by Yj
fig. e Yj, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 18169943
Psydrax dicoccos, photographed by Ajit Ampalakkad
fig. f Ajit Ampalakkad, CC0 1.0 / obs. 46607181
Psydrax dicoccos, photographed by Toby Y
fig. g Toby Y, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 201486073
Psydrax dicoccos, photographed by Ajit Ampalakkad
fig. h Ajit Ampalakkad, CC0 1.0 / obs. 12503694

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Native range 23 botanical countries

Regions where Psydrax dicoccos is native: China South-Central, China Southeast, Hainan, Tibet, Andaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh, Borneo, Cambodia, East Himalaya, India, Jawa, Laos, Malaya, Maluku, Myanmar, Nicobar Is., Philippines, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Thailand, Vietnam China South-CentralChina SoutheastHainanTibetAssamBangladeshBorneoCambodiaEast HimalayaIndiaJawaLaosMalayaMalukuMyanmarPhilippinesSri LankaSulawesiSumateraThailandVietnam Andaman Is.Nicobar Is.
Native distribution of Psydrax dicoccos, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows. Regions too small to draw at this scale are marked with a dot.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Andaman Is. AND ASIA-TROPICAL
Assam ASS
Bangladesh BAN
Borneo BOR
Cambodia CBD
East Himalaya EHM
India IND
Jawa JAW
Laos LAO
Malaya MLY
Maluku MOL
Myanmar MYA
Nicobar Is. NCB
Philippines PHI
Sri Lanka SRL
Sulawesi SUL
Sumatera SUM
Thailand THA
Vietnam VIE
China South-Central CHC ASIA-TEMPERATE
China Southeast CHS
Hainan CHH
Tibet CHT

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 20 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Canthium cymosum (Poir.) Pers.
  • Canthium dicoccos var. obovatifolium G.A.Fu
  • Canthium dicoccum (Gaertn.) Merr.
  • Canthium dicoccum var. abbreviatum Craib
  • Canthium dicoccum var. obovatifolium G.A.Fu
  • Canthium didymum C.F.Gaertn.
  • Canthium nitens DC.
  • Canthium undulatum Champ. ex Benth.
  • Cupia cymosa (Poir.) DC.
  • Gardenia naum-papata Roxb. ex Wight & Arn.
  • Gardenia sonneratii Spreng.
  • Plectronia dicocca (Gaertn.) F.Muell.
  • Plectronia didyma (C.F.Gaertn.) Kurz
  • Plectronia didyma (C.F.Gaertn.) Bedd.
  • Plectronia nitens (DC.) K.Schum.
  • Polyozus bipinnata Lour.
  • Rondeletia cymosa Poir.
  • Vangueria dicocca (Gaertn.) Miq.
  • Vangueria spirostylis Miq.
  • Webera cymosa Willd.

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

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