RUBIACEE - O15 
Maikadi (Mar. ), eatities (Can.), Shulundu-kora (Tam.), 
chipadel ( 7'el.). 
COFFEA ARABICA, Linn. 
Fig. — Bot. Mag,, t. 1303; Bentl. and Trim. 144. Coffee 
bush (Hng.), Cafeier (F’r.). 
_ Hab.—Africa. Cultivated elsewhere. The seeds: 
_  Vernacwlar.—Kahvah (Arab., Ind. Bazars). Corruptions of 
a the English name are now in general use among the natives. 
History, Uses, &c.—The plant is a native of tropical 
x Africa; it grows gregariously in woods at an elevation of 1,000 
E to 2, 000 feet or more. It is common in Abyssinia, whence it 
_ was introduced into Arabia by the Arabs, and through them 
3 the seeds became known to the Persians and Turks, The date 
4 of the introduction of coffee into Arabia is uncertain, the. first 
™ Arabian writer who mentions bunn (coffee berries) is Firuza- — 
 badi in the Kémus, which work was, according to the original 
_ copy, written by himself, completed A-H. 768 (A.D. 1366). 
He describes bunn as a certain thing which is taken like the 
condiments termed cs »# (murriye). —Ibn-es-Simani says, “It 
Pi is a thing reckoned among what are termed ere (kawamikh) 
which signifies the same as Murriye. The physician Dawood, 
says: “ [t is the produce of a certain tree in El Yemen, which 
grows to the height of about three cubits, ona stem of the 
thickness of the thumb, and has a white flower, which is suc- 
ceeded by a berry, like the hazel nut ; sometimes it is cut like 
: beans ; and sometimes, when it is avented of its covering, it 
s ae into two halves: it has been proved to be good for 
: alleviating humidities and cough and phlegm and defluxions, 
and for opening obstructions, and causing a flow of the urine: 
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boiled in water), it is now commonly known by the name of 
8943 (kahvah).” (Lane, in Madd-el-Kamus.) Kahvah in Arabic 
signifies ‘wine’ or ‘that which causes apa and, befor 
coffee was known to the Arabs, was applied to some other st 
2 drink ee kat), which aad were in 
when roasted (and pounded or ground) and well cooked (i.¢., | : 
