Psychotria capensis subsp. capensis red fruit

Red Psychotria capensis subsp. capensis fruit have already been yellow and may still become black. The first signs of the last colour transition to fully ripe are already there. The fruit is an ovoid, one-stone drupe, about 7 mm long.

Fruits are seen on the trees from late summer to winter, the dense, flat-topped clusters about 10 cm in diameter. Fruit-eating birds are attracted, fed in exchange for seed dispersal. Main contributors include bulbuls, starlings, robins and barbets.

Lateral veins on the dark-green leaves in picture are much fainter, also meandering than the straight and stark, cream-coloured midribs (Coates Palgrave, 2002; Leistner, (Ed.), 2000; Pooley, 1993; iNaturalist).