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Coffea arabica, Linn. Common or Ababian Coffee. Fig. 1024. Lvs. 3-6 in. long, rather thin, oblong, nearly 3 times as long as broad, more or less abruptly contracted near the apex to a point about ½in. long: segms. of corolla over twice as long as wide: fr. a 2-seeded, deep crimson berry, but the “berries” or beans of commerce are the seeds. The commercial varieties of coffee are based largely on the size, shape, color and flavor of the seeds, and hence the fr. is very variable, but the typical fr. may be considered to be oval and ½in- long. Indigenous in Abyssinia, Mozambique and Angola; supposed to have been intro. in early Mohammedan times from Abyssinia to Arabia, whence it became known to Europeans in the 16th century. This species furnished until recently the entire commercial product. B.M. 1303. Gng. 6:55.—A variegated form,var. variegata, Hort., is more showy than the type. It is offered by dealers in tropical plants. As coffee grows wild in Afr. it is a small tree 10-15 ft. high, with the trunk 9-12 in. thick at the base. Often cult, under glass in the N. for its economic interest, and in S. Calif, it is a good outdoor ornamental shrub, esteemed for its shining lvs., fragrant white fls., and red berries.
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