(Last Modified On 8/28/2013)
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(Last Modified On 8/28/2013)
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Species
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Coffea liberica Bull ex Hiern
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PlaceOfPublication
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Trans. Linn. Soc. Ser. 2(1): 171, tab. 24. 1876.
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Note
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TYPE: Sierra Leon, Daniell (BM, not seen; photo, MO).
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Description
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Shrubs or trees to 20 ft tall, the twiglets subangular, glabrous, the nodes well spaced. Leaves oblong or obovate elliptic, 7.5-8.5 cm wide, short acuminate at the apex, rounded at the base, the lateral veins ca. 12, coriaceous, glabrous; petioles to 2 cm long, stiff. Flowers not seen. Fruits oblong subrotund, to 2.0- 2.5 cm long at maturity (fide Standley & Steyermark), lightly grooved.
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Habit
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Shrubs or trees
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Native
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Liberia
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Distribution
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cultivated throughout tropical areas of the world.
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Note
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Standley & Williams (1975) describe the 6-8-parted flowers as ". . . several in a cluster, subsessile, 2.5 cm long; bractlets shorter than the subtruncate calyx; corolla lobes about as long as the tube; anthers not exserted." "Liberian Coffee."
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Common
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Coffee
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Specimen
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COLON: Achiote, Tyson et al. 4508 (MO).
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