Coffea salvatrix Swynn. & Philipson

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Near Chalets, Chirinda Forest

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Synonyms:	Coffea zanguebariae sensu Coates Palgrave (1983) non Lour.
Common names:	Large-leaved wild coffee (English) Mukofi (English) Wild coffee (English)
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Status:	Native
Description:	Shrub or small tree 2–5 m tall; young branches covered with shiny red bark, older branches buff and sometimes dark-spotted, often with transverse cracks. Leaves elliptic to broadly elliptic, 6–12.5 cm long, thinly textured to somewhat leathery, somewhat glossy above; main lateral veins 6–8 pairs, veining raised on both surfaces; domatia more or less sparsely pubescent; petiole up to 1 cm long; stipules triangular, 2–3 mm long, with an apical arista up to 1 mm long. Flowers 5-merous, white, in 1–7-flowered axillary clusters, often with a sticky coating. Corolla tube 6–10 mm long, 4 mm wide at throat; lobes oblong, rounded, 10–11 mm long. Fruit greenish with rose-coloured striations, becoming black when mature, 7–9 mm long.
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Habitat:	Understorey of mixed evergreen forest.
Altitude range:	400 - 1500 m
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Worldwide distribution:	Malawi, Mozambique, Zimbabwe and possibly southern Tanzania.
Malawi distribution:	S
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Endemic status:	Near Endemic
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Content last updated:	Sunday 4 October 2015
Literature:	Bridson, D.M. & Verdcourt, B. (2003). Rubiaceae, Part 3 Flora Zambesiaca 5(3) Pages 455 - 457. (Includes a picture). Burrows, J.E., Burrows, S.M., Lötter, M.C. & Schmidt, E. (2018). Trees and Shrubs Mozambique Publishing Print Matters (Pty), Cape Town. Page 974. (Includes a picture). Coates Palgrave, K. (revised and updated by Meg Coates Palgrave) (2002). Trees of Southern Africa 3rd edition. Struik, South Africa Page 1109. Darbyshire, I., Timberlake, J., Osborne, J., Rokni, S., Matimele, H., Langa. C., Datizua, C., de Sousa, C., Alves, T., Massingue, A., Hadj-Hammou, J., Dhanda, S., Shah, T., Wursten, B. (2019). The endemic plants of Mozambique: diversity and conservation status Phytotaxa 136 Page 92. Mapaura, A. & Timberlake, J. (eds) (2004). A checklist of Zimbabwean vascular plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 33 Sabonet, Pretoria and Harare Page 71.

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