Rubiaceae (madder, bedstraw, or coffee family) » Coffea canephora
KOFF-ee-uh -- from Turkish kahve, in turn from Arabic qahwa
¿ ka-NEPH-o-ruh ? -- ¿ from Greek kanephoros (reed basket) ?
roh-BUS-tuh -- robust
commonly known as: coffee, conillon, robusta coffee • Arabic: بن bun, قہوة qahwat • Assamese: কফি kaphi • Bengali: কফি kaphi • Gujarati: કૉફી kophi • Hindi: काफ़ी kafi, कॉफी kophi • Kannada: ಕಾಫಿ kaaphi • Kashmiri: कह्व kahwa • Konkani: कॉफि kawphi • Malayalam: കാപ്പിച്ചെടി kaappicceti • Manipuri: kophi • Marathi: कवा kava, कॉफि kophi • Mizo: kaw-fi • Nepali: कहुवा kahuwa, काफि kaphi • Persian: قہوه qahwa • Tamil: காபி kapi • Telugu: కాఫీ kaaphii
Native of: central and western subsaharan Africa; cultivated elsewhere
References: Wikipedia • NPGS / GRIN
Tags: Rubiaceae madder family bedstraw family coffee family tropical shrub small tree Coffea canephora Coffea robusta bun coffee conillon kaaphi kaaphii kaappicceti kafi kahuwa kahwa kaphi kapi kava kaw-fi kawphi kophi qahwa qahwat robusta coffee
Acanthaceae (acanthus or ruellia family) » Dicliptera foetida
dye-CLIP-ter-uh -- from the Greek diklis (double-folding) and pteron (wing)
FET-uh-duh -- stinking
commonly known as: stinking foldwing • Marathi: जिवणी jivani
¿ Endemic to ?: Western Ghats (of India)
References: Flowers of India • JSTOR • BizHat • Sahyadri Database • Flowers of Sahyadri by Shrikant Ingalhalikar
Tags: Acanthaceae acanthus family ruellia family endemic annual herb Dicliptera foetida Dicliptera zeylanica Dicliptera bivalvis Justicia foetida foetid foldwing jivani stinking foldwing
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