✿Rubiaceae · Coffea
Kafi / Robusta Coffee
Coffea canephora
Shrub
- Habit
- Shrub
- Found in India
- Tamil Nadu, Karnataka
Plant Details
Leaf characters
- Arrangement
- Opposite
Typical of the Rubiaceae family — a field-mark hint, not measured for this exact species.
Flower & fruit characters
Typical of the Rubiaceae family — flowering plants only; individual species can differ.
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
Robusta Coffee (Coffea canephora) is a shrub belonging to the Rubiaceae family (Coffee/Madder family). Members of this family are generally characterised by opposite simple leaves, cymose/panicle/head flower clusters, berry/drupe/capsule fruit.
Botanical family
Rubiaceae
Coffee/Madder family
Kafi belongs to the Rubiaceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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