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Coffea arabica
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Family:
RUBIACEAE
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Citation: Coffea arabica L., Sp. Pl. 172. 1753; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 3: 153. 1880; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 636(449). 1921; Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 147. 1982; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 207. 1984; Ansari, Fl. Kasaragod Div. 188. 1985; Babu, Fl. Malappuram Dist. 323. 1990; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 245. 1990; Subram., Fl. Thenmala Div. 179. 1995; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 345. 2009; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 453. 2009.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Bannu, Coffee, Kappi
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
Arabian coffea, Coffee
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Description:
Glabrous shrubs to small trees. Leaves simple, opposite, 12-18 cm long, oblong, acuminate, narrowed into short petiole; main lateral nerves 6-10 pairs, joined by intramarginal veins and slender parallel reticulate veins. Flowers fragrant, numerous, borne in axillary fascicles. Corolla funnel-shaped, lobes oblong and as long as the tube. Fruit small, fleshy, berry, dark purple when ripe.
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Habit:
Shrub
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Flowering & Fruiting:
March-December
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District(s):
All Districts
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Cultivated
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Distribution:
Native of Africa; introduced into the East early
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Aquatic:
No
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Epiphyte(s):
No
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Saprophyte:
No
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Stem parasite:
No
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Root parasite:
No
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Flower colour(s):
White
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Weed:
No
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Monocot/Dicot:
Dicotyledonous Plants
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Exotic:
Yes
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Garden:
No
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Edible:
No
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Vegetable:
No
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Endemic to:
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
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Localities:
Taliparamba, Pooyamkutty, Ariankavu, Kattanum
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