Coffea robusta L.Linden
Coffea robusta L.Linden , a large shrub. Leaves elliptic, elliptic-oblong, glabrous. Flowers white to pink, in axillary clusters. Calyx glabrous. Corolla funnel-shaped. Drupe subglobose, red when ripe.
- Family: Rubiaceae
- Habit: Shrub
- Habitat: Regions are Africa, Indonesia and India.
- Status : Common
Vernacular names
- English-Robusta coffee plant
- Malayalam-Kaappi
- Kannada-Coffee-gida
Medicinal Uses
- Used as a folk treatment for asthma, low blood pressure, headache, migraine, jaundice, malaria, and flu.
- Excellent for maintaining weight loss
- Known to boost our muscles.
