Psychotria nervosa, also known as wild coffee, is a shade tolerant medium-sized shrub

Shrub

A shrub or bush is distinguished from a tree by its multiple stems and shorter height, usually under 5–6 m tall. A large number of plants may become either shrubs or trees, depending on the growing conditions they experience...

 native to Florida

Florida

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 as well as Central

Central America

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 and South America

South America

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. It produces "small, red, ellipsoid fruit" that resemble "the true coffee bean" in shape and attract birds. Its maximum height ranges from approximately 4-10 feet.

"The leaves of this plant are generally 6 inches long and are narrowly obovate in shape. These glossy green leaves are puckered with impressed veins on the upper surfaces of the leaf blades, and there is pubescence along the veins on the leaf undersides. The shiny, dark green foliage gives a rich texture to any landscape. The small, white inflorescence occurs terminally on the branchlets during the warm months of the year. Each flower is a sessile or stalked, open, short cyme."