How to identify Liberian Coffee
Identify Liberian Coffee by combining habit, leaf characters, flower or fruit details, location, and its family pattern. Do not rely on one feature alone.
- Look for a shrub habit.
- Confirm leaf surface: Glabrous (smooth, hairless).
- Confirm flower colour: White.
- In India, compare location records such as Karnataka, Tamil Nadu.
- Confirm it sits within the Rubiaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Liberian Coffee.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Coffea liberica
- Genus
- Coffea
- Family
- Rubiaceae
- Habit
- Shrub
- Habitat
- Cultivated
- Habitat type
- Cultivated
- Native to
- Africa
- Found in India
- Karnataka, Tamil Nadu
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf surface
- Glabrous (smooth, hairless)recorded
Typical of the family
- Arrangement
- Opposite
Characters marked “recorded” are for Liberian Coffee 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 Liberian Coffee itself; the rest are typical of the Rubiaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Malayalam
- കോഫി ലിബെറിക, Coffea liberica
About Liberian Coffee
A member of the Rubiaceae family, Liberian Coffee (Coffea liberica) is a shrub. In India it has been recorded in Karnataka and Tamil Nadu. It is cultivated.
Rubiaceae
Coffee/Madder family
Liberian Coffee belongs to the Rubiaceae family.
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