Dirichletia virgata, synonym Placopoda virgata, is a species of plant in the family Rubiaceae.

It is a shrub endemic to the islands of Socotra and Samhah in Yemen's Socotra Archipelago.

It is widespread plant in low-elevation shrublands and woodlands, including Croton socotranus shrubland and drought-deciduous woodland, on coastal plains, dry foothills, and limestone plateaus from 10 to 600 metres elevation.

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