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Coffea excelsa

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Name

Identification
Isotype of Coffea liberica Hiern [family RUBIACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Data not digitized, Coffea excelsa A. Chev. [family RUBIACEAE ] Verified by Data not digitized,
Related name
  • Coffea excelsa
  • Coffea liberica
Common name
  • bawfili (LP) (SIERRA LEONE, MENDE), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 4
  • coocoon (LP) (SIERRA LEONE, TEMNE), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 4
  • Liberian coffee, Liberica coffee, Monrovia coffee, large-seeded coffee; C. abeokutae - abeokuta coffee, Lagos coffee; C. excelsa - shari coffee., Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 4

Flora

Entry for Coffea liberica Bull ex Hiern [family RUBIACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of West Tropical Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of West Tropical Africa, Vol 2,
Names
Coffea liberica Bull ex Hiern [family RUBIACEAE], in Trans.Linn. Soc., ser. 2, 1: 171, t. 24 (1876); F.T.A. 3: 181; Aubrév.Fl. For. C. iv., ed. 2, 3: 291, t. 359, 5-9; Lebrun Inst. Roy Colon. Belge, sect. sci. Nat. et Méd., Mém. 11, 3: 153, tt. 15-19 (q.v. for syn.); Chev. Caf. du Globe 2: t. 1; 3: 170.
Coffea dewevrei De Wild. & Th. Dur. [family RUBIACEAE], (1899)-Chevopcit2: t2; 3: 179
Coffea excelsa A. Chev. [family RUBIACEAE], (1903)
Coffea abeokutae Cramer [family RUBIACEAE], (1913)-F.W.T.A., ed1, 2: 96; Chevopcit2: t42; 3: 175
Coffea excelsoidea Portères [family RUBIACEAE], (1937)
Information
An evergreen tree, to 60 ft. high,spontaneous in the understorey of rain forest; also commonly cultivated.
Habitat
spontaneous in the understorey of rain forest; also commonly cultivated.
Range
widely cultivated in the moister tropics
Distribution
Port. G.: Bissalanca, Bissau (cult., fr.Guin.: spont.S. L.: Njala (cult., fl. Mar.) Deighton 3376!Lib.: Cape Palmas T. Vogel 63! Bangee, Boporo (cult., fr. Nov.) Baldwin 10369!Iv. C.: Assikasso, Mid. Comoe (fr. Dec.) Chev. 22588! Mt. Momy Aubrév. 1175.S. Nig.: Lagos Millen 192! Omo (formerly part of Shasha) F.R., Ijebu Prov. (Feb.) Jones 8 Onochie FHI 17214! 17229! Richards 3070! Ross 251! Sapoba, Benin Div. (Jan.) Onyeagocha FHI 7605![Br.] Cam.: Lakom, 6,000 ft., Bamenda (fr. May) Maitland 1587!
Distribution (external)
Cameroun
Gabon
Cabinda
the Congos
Ubangi-Shari
Sudan
Uganda
Notes
For the varieties and forms reference should be made to the special literature.[G. abeokutae, Cramer was described from living material cultivated at Buitenzorg, Indonesia, specimens of which are preserved in the Kew herbarium. This material was presumably obtained originally from one of the several forms which were known in W. Nigeria as "Abeokuta" coffee early in this century.]

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