Coffea liberica

Coffea liberica Hiern, Trans. Linn. Soc. London, Bot. 1: 171 ;  

commonly known as: coffee, Liberian coffee • Arabic: بن bun, قہوة qahwat • Assamese: কফি kaphi • Bengali: কফি kaphi • Gujarati: કૉફી kophi • Hindi: काफ़ी kafi, कॉफी kophi • Kannada: ಕಾಫಿ kaaphi • Kashmiri: कह्व kahwa • Konkani: कॉफि kawphi • Malayalam: കാപ്പിച്ചെടി kaappicceti • Manipuri: kophi • Marathi: कवा kava, कॉफि kophi • Mizo: kaw-fi • Nepali: कहुवा kahuwa, काफि kaphi • Persian: قہوه qahwa • Tamil: காபி kapi • Telugu: కాఫీ kaaphii

Native of: west coast of Africa; cultivated elsewhere  

 

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Liberian Coffee at Madikeri: Coffea liberica, native of west coast of Africa; cultivated elsewhere in tropics. 
This coffee plant grows to become a medium-sized tree … all aspects of this plant are larger compared to those of C. robusta and C. arabica.

Seen at Kodagu Valley Resort as a garden plant … 30 MAR 11.

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Nice pictures … Though the taste of this coffee is not very good, it has very good deep roots and if one grafts the Robusta or Arabica on these stem, the grafted sprouts could be healthy.

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Rubiaceae Week :: Coffea liberica at Madikeri: Coffea liberica Hiern

Mar 31, 2011 … at Madikeri, Karnataka
commonly known as: coffee, Liberian coffee • Arabic: بن bun, قہوة qahwat • Assamese: কফি kaphi • Bengali: কফি kaphi • Gujarati: કૉફી kophi • Hindi: काफ़ी kafi, कॉफी kophi • Kannada: ಕಾಫಿ kaaphi • Kashmiri: कह्व kahwa • Konkani: कॉफि kawphi • Malayalam: കാപ്പിച്ചെടി kaappicceti • Manipuri: kophi • Marathi: कवा kava, कॉफि kophi • Mizo: kaw-fi • Nepali: कहुवा kahuwa, काफि kaphi • Persian: قہوه qahwa • Tamil: காபி kapi • Telugu: కాఫీ kaaphii
Native of: west coast of Africa; cultivated elsewhere
References: Flowers of India • Wikipedia • NPGS / GRIN • Old and Sold
more views: Mar 31, 2011 … at Madikeri, Karnataka

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Good set of pictures.

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It is my pleasure to share few images of Coffea liberica (Rubiaceae) the elder brother of the more popular C.arabica and C.canephora .The coffee powder obtained from C.liberica is inferior in quality to that of its siblings. 

Habit: Tree that is constantly pruned to maintain it as a shrub. 

Habitat: Cultivated. Often planted along the boundary of Arabica and Robusta plantations. 

Sighting: Chikmagalur, Karnataka, about 1200 msl 

Date: 18-03-2015 and 01-01-2016

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References:

The Plant List  Flowers of India  Wikipedia  NPGS / GRIN  Old and Sold