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Coffea maclaudii

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Name

Identification
Coffea maclaudii A.Chev. [family RUBIACEAE ] Verified by Not on sheet, Coffea canephora Pierre ex A.Froehner [family RUBIACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Stoffelen P., 1996
Related name
  • Coffea maclaudii
  • Coffea canephora
Common name
  • robusta coffee; Rio Nunez coffee (Irvine)., Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 4

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Entry for Coffea canephora Pierre [family RUBIACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Useful Plants of West Tropical Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol 4
Names
Coffea canephora Pierre [family RUBIACEAE]
Coffea maclaudii A Chev. [family RUBIACEAE]
Coffea robusta Linden. [family RUBIACEAE]
Common names
English robusta coffee; Rio Nunez coffee (Irvine).
Uses
Food: masticatory (bean) Drink: infusions
Products
english: Coffee, robustaenglish: Rio Nunez coffeeenglish: Robusta coffeeenglish: Coffee, Rio Nunez
Description
A very variable tree to 10 m high resembling C. liberica; in open or dense rain-forest, forest margins and to desert areas, up to 600 m altitude; across the whole Region, and on to Sudan and E Africa (2,a).Bark-slash is white, and rapidly turning brown (5
References
References:1. Brenan 9028, K. 2,a. Dalziel, 1937: 394, as C. maclaudii A Chev., & C. robusta Linden. 2,b. idem, loc. cit., 1937: 431, as Nicotiana rustica Linn. 3. Doughty 20, K. 4. Irvine, 1952,a: 38–39. 5. Olorunfemi FHI .34160, 41470, 41514, K. 6. Purs
Contributor
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)

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