CHAPTER V 



INTRODUCTION TO ECONOMIC DISCUSSION OF 



COFFEE 



§ a. INDIGENOUS GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION 

 OF THE ECONOMIC SPECIES OF THE GENUS: 

 COFFEA 



Africa : 



West Coast: — Sudan — Coffea excelsa Chev. 



This species is also indigenous in Central Africa. 

 Sierra Leone — Coffea stenophylla G. Don. 



Coffea lib erica Bull. 

 Liberia — Coffea liberica Bull. 

 Calabar — Coffea liberica Bull. 

 Congo and Gabon — Coffea canephora Pierre. 



Coffea conffensis Froehner. 



Coffea robusta Linden. 

 Gazaland — Coffea liffustroides S. Moore. 

 East Coast: — Abyssinia — Coffea arabica L. 

 Mozambique — Coffea Zanguebaria Lour. 



Coffea racemosa Lour. 



Coffea Ibo Froehner. 

 Mauritius; Bourbon; Madagascar — Coffea mauritiana Lam. 

 Portuguese East Africa — Coffea Swynnertonii S. Moore. 



Asia (all in mountainous areas) : 



Himalaya (850 M.) ; Java; Sumatra — Coffea bengalensis Heyne 



ex Roem. & Schult. 

 Travancore: Ceylon (iioo M.) — Coffea Wightiana Wall. 

 Coffea travancorensis Wight & Arn. 



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