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Coffea liberica
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Family:
RUBIACEAE
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Citation: Coffea liberica Hiern, Trans. Linn. Soc. London ser.1: 171. t.24. 1876; Subram., Fl. Thenmala Div. 179. 1995; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 453. 2009.
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Malayalam Name(s):
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
Liberian Coffee
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Description:
Shrubs; branchlets stout, covered with brown bark. Leaves opposite, obovate-elliptic, to 25 x 15 cm, subcoriaceous, base cuneate to rounded, apex acute; petiole to 1.5 cm; stipules ovate, 6 mm, basally connate, apex acute-acuminate. Flowers 25-35(50) per node, borne on 2 or 3 congested fascicles; pedicel to 3.5 mm; bracts ovate, 2.5 mm; bracteoles minute. Calyx 5-toothed. Corolla white, 2.5 cm wide; tube to 14 mm; lobes 5, each 1.2 x 0.3 cm. Stamens 5. Drupe oblong, 1.8 x 1.5 cm.
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Habit:
Shrub
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Flowering & Fruiting:
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District(s):
Kollam, Idukki, Palakkad, Wayanad
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Cultivated
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Distribution:
Africa
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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:
Teppakulam
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