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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture

 Coffea arabica (Rubiaceae)

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Common name(s)
Cafeier; Cafeto; Cafe De Moka; Kia Fey; Cafe D'Haiti; Kahve; Cafe; Coffee

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Uses Country/Region Reference
Ache(Head) Curacao *
Ache(Head) Haiti Liogier, Alain Henri. 1974. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares de la Espanola. Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urena, Santo Domingo.
Analgesic Elsewhere *
Anaphrodisiac Elsewhere *
Anorexic Elsewhere *
Antidote Elsewhere *
Antidote(Atropine) Dominican Republic Liogier, Alain Henri. 1974. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares de la Espanola. Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urena, Santo Domingo.
Antidote(Narcotic) Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Antidote(Opium) Haiti Liogier, Alain Henri. 1974. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares de la Espanola. Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urena, Santo Domingo.
Asthma Trinidad Wong, W. 1976. Some folk medicinal plants from Trinidad. Economic Botany 30(2): 103-142.
Asthma Elsewhere *
Asthma Trinidad Wong, W. 1976. Some folk medicinal plants from Trinidad. Economic Botany 30(2): 103-142.
Asthma Trinidad *
Cardiotonic China Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Cardiotonic Haiti Liogier, Alain Henri. 1974. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares de la Espanola. Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urena, Santo Domingo.
CNS stimulant Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Coffee Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Counterirritant Elsewhere *
Diuretic Elsewhere *
Diuretic Elsewhere Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
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*Unless otherwise noted all references are to Duke, James A. 1992. Handbook of phytochemical constituents of GRAS herbs and other economic plants. Boca Raton, FL. CRC Press.