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Useful Tropical Plants

Coffea racemosa

Lour.

Rubiaceae

+ Synonyms

Coffea mozambicana DC.

Coffea ramosa Schult.

Coffea swynnertonii S.Moore

Common Name:

Coffea racemosa
Very freely-flowering shrubs
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General Information

Coffea racemosa is a much-branched shrub or small tree growing up to 6 metres tall.
The seeds are harvested from the wild for local use as a coffee.

Known Hazards

None known

Botanical References

515
Title
Flora of Tropical Africa Vol 1 - 8
Publication
 
Author
Var
Website
http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org
Publisher
L.Reeve & Co.; Ashford, Kent.
Year
1868 - 1917
ISBN
 
Description
Very little information on habitat, range and uses, but gives good descriptions of the plants. It can be downloaded from the internet.

Range

Southeastern Africa - Zimbabwe, Mozambique.

Habitat

Not known

Properties

Edibility Rating *  *
HabitShrub
Height1.20 m
Cultivation StatusWild

Cultivation Details

Not known

Edible Uses

The seed is used to make coffee[
301
Title
Cornucopia II
Publication
 
Author
Facciola. S.
Publisher
Kampong Publications, California.
Year
1998
ISBN
0-9628087-2-5
Description
The second edition of an excellent guide to the edible uses of plants, though it does not give any details of cultivation etc.
,
515
Title
Flora of Tropical Africa Vol 1 - 8
Publication
 
Author
Var
Website
http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org
Publisher
L.Reeve & Co.; Ashford, Kent.
Year
1868 - 1917
ISBN
 
Description
Very little information on habitat, range and uses, but gives good descriptions of the plants. It can be downloaded from the internet.
]. Roasted and ground to a powder then used to make coffee[
301
Title
Cornucopia II
Publication
 
Author
Facciola. S.
Publisher
Kampong Publications, California.
Year
1998
ISBN
0-9628087-2-5
Description
The second edition of an excellent guide to the edible uses of plants, though it does not give any details of cultivation etc.
]. A bit of salt is sometimes sprinkled over them as they are roasted[
301
Title
Cornucopia II
Publication
 
Author
Facciola. S.
Publisher
Kampong Publications, California.
Year
1998
ISBN
0-9628087-2-5
Description
The second edition of an excellent guide to the edible uses of plants, though it does not give any details of cultivation etc.
].

Medicinal

None known

Other Uses

None known

Propagation

Seed -
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