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Genus: Coffea Life
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Order: Gentianales > Family: Rubiaceae
A total of 40 species, occurring in
the Old World tropics, with 2 species, Coffea racemosa and Coffea
zanguebariae, in southern Africa.
Species indigenous to southern Africa
List from Retief (2003).
Coffea racemosa (Mozambique
coffee)
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Coffea zanguebariae (Pondo coffee)
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Other species, cultivated in southern Africa
List from Glen (2002).
Coffea
arabica (Arabian coffee, Arabica coffee)
Indigenous to tropical east Africa. |
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Coffea canephora (Robusta coffee, Congo coffee)
Indigenous to tropical Africa. A minor commercial species, used mainly for
instant coffee.
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Coffea liberica (Liberian coffee, Abeokuta coffee)
Indigenous to tropical west Africa. A minor commercial species, used mainly
to add a bitter flavour to coffee blends.
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Coffea stenophylla
Indigenous to tropical West Africa. |
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Publications
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Bridson, D.M. & Verdcourt, B. 1988. Flora
of Tropical East Africa. Rubiaceae (part 2): 415-747.
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Retief, E. 2003. Rubiaceae. In Germishuizen, G. & Meyer,
N.L. (eds), Plants of southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14:
825-841. National Botanical
Institute, Pretoria.
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