Swaziland's Alien Plants Database

Coffea arabica 
RUBIACEAE
coffee
Unknown, Minor problem species
Origin: Ethiopia
Growth Form: Tree
Plant Description: Small tree or shrub; leaves dark glossy green, oblong-elliptic or oblanceolate-oblong, acute to acuminate, acute at base, midrib prominent on both surfaces, lateral nerves 7-13 pairs, commonly 5-20 cm long, on petioles about 1 cm long; axils with several short triflorous cymes, pedicels about 4 mm long; bracts deltoid 3 mm long; corolla white, fragrant, 7-10 mm long, usually 5-lobed; anthers 7-8 mm long; fruit red, ellipsoid or oblong, 2-3 (-5)-celled (rarely 1-celled)
Key Features:
Control:
Comments: Suspected/Possible
More information:
NRCS Plants Database

Photo - leaves



J.S. Peterson @ USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database

KEY
  Confirmed (herbarium specimen)
  Visual record
  Suspected
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