- Also known as (or relevant to)
- Family
- Rubiaceae
- English Names
- Natural Habitat
- Abyssinia
- Arabia
- cultivated in tropical countries
- mainly Brazil
- Part(s) Used
- Semen Coffeae
- Folia Coffeae
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- Constituent(s)
- caffeine
- volatile oil
- wax
- gum
- sugar
- trigonellin
- legumin
- glucose
- adenine
- xanthine
- hypoxanthine
- guanosine
- proteids
- coffeo-tannic acid
- salt
- Action
- anti-narcotic
- anti-emetic
- diuretic
- brain-stimulant
- heart-stimulant; well-known beverage. The leaves contain even more caffeine than the berries and in Malaya an infusion of the roasted leaf is often preferred by the natives
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