Kafi / Robusta Coffee
Coffea robusta
- Habit
- Shrub
- Native to
- Africa
- Flowering
- February-June
How to identify Kafi
Identify Kafi 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.
- Check the distinctive field mark: Cultivated for coffee beans (Robusta coffee).
- Confirm leaf surface: Glabrous (smooth, hairless).
- Confirm flower colour: White.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: February-June.
- Confirm it sits within the Rubiaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Kafi.
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
- Assamese
- কফি kaphi
- Bengali
- কফি kaphi
- Gujarati
- કૉફી kophi
- Hindi
- काफ़ी kafi, कॉफी kophi
- Kannada
- ಬುಂದು, ಬೂಂದು Bundu, ಕಾಫಿ kaaphi, Coffee
- Konkani
- कॉफि kawphi
- Malayalam
- കാപ്പിച്ചെടി kaappicceti
- Manipuri
- kophi
- Marathi
- कवा kava, कॉफि kophi
- Mizo
- kaw-fi
- Nepali
- कहुवा kahuwa, काफि kaphi
- Tamil
- காபி kapi
- Telugu
- కాఫీ kaaphii
- Tulu
- ಬುನ್ನು Bunnu, ಬೂಣು Boonu
About Kafi
Robusta Coffee (Coffea robusta) belongs to the Rubiaceae family, where it grows as a shrub. It is native to Africa. Flowering and fruiting run from February to June.
Rubiaceae
Coffee/Madder family
Kafi belongs to the Rubiaceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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