Coffea ligustroides S.Moore

Species

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Characteristics

Flowers (4)5-merous, 1(2) single-flowered inflorescences per axil; inflorescence stalks 3–5 mm long, lower portion short, hidden by cupules or shortly exposed, the portion between the upper cupule and bracteolar cupule well developed, exposed, the segment above this well developed or sometimes reduced; cupules 1–2, with foliar lobes short to moderate, c. 1.25 mm long; bracteolar cupule lobed, sometimes free to the base; scale-like bractlets present.
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A shrub or tree. It grows 4-5 m tall. The young twigs are reddish-brown. There can be slight hairs. The leaf blades are 2-7 cm long by 1-3 cm wide. They are narrowly oval. There are 8-9 pairs of side veins. There is one flower in a leaf axil and flowers are made up of 5 parts. The fruit are 6-9 mm long by 6-7 mm wide. The fruit are green turning yellow. The seeds are 8 mm long by 4 mm wide and greenish-brown.
Leaf blades 2–7 × 0.8–2.7 cm, oblong-elliptic to oblong or sometimes narrowly elliptic in shape, obtuse to acute or rarely subacuminate at the apex, acute at the base, papery, dull above; lateral nerves in 8–9 main pairs; tertiary nerves usually apparent on both surfaces; domatia often well defined, sparsely pubescent; petiole 2–7 mm long; stipules (3)4–8 mm long, triangular at base gradually tapering above.
Corolla creamy-white to pure white; tube 4–4.5(6) mm long, 3 mm wide at top; lobes 7–8 × 1.75–3.5 mm, oblong, obtuse to rounded.
Shrub 1.2–2.4 m tall; young twigs maroon-brown, very sparsely pubescent to pubescent on either side.
Fruit orange-yellow, 6–9 × 6–7 mm; whole stalk lengthening to 6–8 mm long.
Seeds greenish-brown, 8 × 4 mm.
Calyx limb shorter than disk.
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 2.6 - 3.7
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Environment

It is a tropical plant. It grows in evergreen forest between 1,100-1,200 m altitude.
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Usage

Uses gene source
Edible fruits
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Cultivation

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Germination duration (days) 42 - 56
Germination temperacture (C°) 23
Germination luminosity light
Germination treatment soaking
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Distribution

Coffea ligustroides world distribution map, present in Zimbabwe

Conservation status

Coffea ligustroides threat status: Vulnerable

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:747172-1
WFO ID wfo-0000911278
COL ID WW3D
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Synonyms

Coffea ligustroides