8381.000 Coffea
Description of the genus
Trees or shrubs. Stipules obtuse or aristate. Leaves opposite; lamina glabrous but usually with domatia. Inflorescences axillary along main stems. Flowers bisexual, 5-8-merous, appearing before the leaves or with the leaves; solitary or in clusters of 2-4 per leaf axil. Calyx limb reduced to a rim; tube campanulate to turbinate. Corolla white or sometimes pink; tube cylindric or slightly funnel-shaped; lobes spreading. Ovary 2-locular; ovules 1 per loculus. Style exserted with divergent arms. Seeds 2 per fruit; each deeply grooved on the inner face. Worldwide: 90 species from tropical Africa to the Mascareignes Zimbabwe: 6 taxa. Insects associated with this genus:
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| Species | FZ divisions | Content |
| arabica L. | E | Description, Image |
| ligustroides S. Moore [End] [VU] | E | |
| mufindiensis Hutch. ex Bridson subsp. australis Bridson [VU] | E | Description, Image |
| racemosa Lour. | E,S | Description, Image |
| salvatrix Swynn. & Philipson [NrEnd] | E | Description, Image |
| zanguebariae Lour. [EN] | N | Description, Image |
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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): CoffeaBHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Coffea
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