Coffea racemosa
Coffea racemosa, also known as racemosa coffee and Inhambane coffee, is a species of flowering plant in the family Rubiaceae.
Where it grows
- Coastal Mozambique
- KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
About
Coffea racemosa, also known as racemosa coffee and Inhambane coffee, is a species of flowering plant in the family Rubiaceae. It has naturally low levels of caffeine, less than half of that found in Coffea arabica, and a quarter of that in Robusta coffee.
Coffea racemosa is endemic to the coastal forest belt between northern KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa and Mozambique, found in an area less than 150 km2 (58 sq mi) in size. It was widely cultivated by the Portuguese during the 1960–1970s in Mozambique; as of 2018 only two plantations, at Ibo Island and in Hluhluwe, remained.
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