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Bat. 4 (1868-1869) 258.— Brandis For. Fl. (1874) 277.— Kurz For. 

 Fl. Brit. Burma 2 (1877) 28.— Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 3 (1882) 153.— 

 Burck in Ann. Jard. Bot. Buitenz. 4 (1884) 57 t. 6, f. 53. — Reprint 

 from Gardener's Chronicle in Trop. Agric. 8 (1889) 860. — Burck's 

 Mss. transl. by Herzsohn in Ann. Jard. Bot. Buitenz. 8 (1890) 149 t. 

 23, f. I. — Froehner in Notizbl. d. Kgl. Bot. Mus. 7 (1897) 231. — 

 Schum. K. in Engl, and Prantl Nat. Pflanzenfam. 4, Abt. 4, Nachtr. 

 (1897) 315- — Raoul Cult. Cafeier in Man. Cult. Trop. de Raoul and 

 Sagot pt. I, 2 (1897) 241. — Froehner in Engl. Bot. Jahrb. 25 (1898) 

 255. — Lecomte Le Cafe (1899) 14. — Valeton in Bull. Inst. Bot. Buitenz. 

 7 (1901) 10, 16, 20-25. — Cornaillac El Cafe, la Vainilla, el Cacao, 

 etc. (1903) 17. — Brandis Ind. Trees ed. i (Third Impression) (1911) 

 390. — Bailey Stand. Cycl. Hort. 2 (1914) 823. 



Economic and Cultural References: — Raoul Cult. Cafeier in Man. 

 Cult. Trop. de Raoul and Sagot pt. i, 2 (1897) 241-242. — Sebire Les 

 PI. Util. Senegal (1899) I79- — Hartwich Die Menschlich. Genuszm. 

 (1911) 274. — Gamble Man. Ind. Timbers ed. 2 (1922) 422. 



Coffea racemosa Lour. Fl. Cochinch. (1790) 145. 



A small, greatly branched tree about 1.2 metres high. Branches 

 diffused, terete. Leaves opposite, ovate-lanceolate, scabrous; petiole 

 short. Flowers subterminal, in erect racemes, brachiate; common 

 peduncle long, 4-sided, the individual pedicels shorter, terete. Fruit 

 subglobose, small, red, w^atery, 2-seeded; seeds hemispherical. 



Diagnostic Characters of the Species: — ^This species is in young 

 fruit from July to September. Mature fruits are w^atery. The 

 leaves are scattered with numerous tubercles. 



Synonymy: — Coffea ramosa Roem. and Schult. Syst. Veg. i (1819) 

 198. — Rudgea racemosa Spreng. Syst. Veg. i (1825) 755. — Coffea 

 mozambicana DC. Prodr. 4 (1830) 500. — Hexepta racemosa Raf. 

 Sylva Tellur. (1838) 164. 



Geographical Distribution : — Mozambique Island, Loureiro. 



History: — C. racemosa Lour, has been known since 1790. It is 

 narrowly localized in distribution. 



Use: — Mainly as a local substitute for the seeds of C. arabica L. 



Bibliography: — Lour. Fl. Cochinch. (1790) 145 (not C. racemosa 

 Ruiz and Pavon (1799)). — Spreng. Syst. Veg. i (1825) 756. — DC. 

 Prodr. 4 (1830) 500. — Hiern in Trans. Linn. Soc. ser. 2, i (1876) 

 175; in Oliver Fl. Trop. Afr. 3 (1877) 185. — Froehner in Notizbl. d. 

 Kgl. Bot. Mus. 7 (1897) 231; K. Schum. in Engl, and Prantl Nat. 

 Pflanzenfam. 4, Abt. 4, Nachtr. (1897) 3i5- — Froehner in Engl. 

 Bot. Jahrb. 25 (1898) 253, 272. — Lecomte Le Cafe (1899) 39. — Raoul, 



