✿Rubiaceae · Coffea
Kafi / Robusta Coffee
Coffea canephora
Shrub
- Habit
- Shrub
- Found in India
- Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Kerala
Plant Details
Leaf characters
- Leaf surface
- Glabrous (smooth, hairless)recorded
Typical of the family
- Arrangement
- Opposite
Characters marked “recorded” are for Kafi itself; the rest are typical of the Rubiaceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- Whiterecorded
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Actinomorphic (radially symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Cyme
- Fruit
- Berry
Characters marked “recorded” are for Kafi itself; the rest are typical of the Rubiaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Hindi
- काफ़ी kafi, कॉफी kophi
- Nepali
- कहुवा kahuwa, काफि kaphi
- Bengali
- কফি kaphi
- Tamil
- காபி kapi
- Telugu
- కాఫీ kaaphii
- Kannada
- ಬುಂದು, ಬೂಂದು Bundu, ಕಾಫಿ kaaphi
- Malayalam
- കാപ്പിച്ചെടി kaappicceti, റോബസ്റ്റ കാപ്പി, Coffea canephora
- Marathi
- कवा kava, कॉफि kophi
- Sinhala
- රොබස්ටා කෝපි
About Kafi
A member of the Rubiaceae family, Robusta Coffee (Coffea canephora) is a shrub. In India it has been recorded in Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and Kerala.
Botanical family
Rubiaceae
Coffee/Madder family
Kafi belongs to the Rubiaceae family.
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