Mozambican Coffea accessions from Ibo and Quirimba Islands: identification and geographical distribution.

ABSTRACT: Mozambique does not have a tradition of farming Coffea arabica or Coffea canephora, the two species that dominate the worldwide coffee market. However, native coffee plants have been growing spontaneously and in some cases cultivated in the Ibo and Quirimba islands in the north of the country and Inhambane province in the south. Historically there has been confusion over the precise taxonomic classification of these indigenous coffee plants, with different botanists identifying the species as C. racemosa, C. zanguebariae or various synonyms of both. The present research aims to clarify the subject and provide new information on these little-described coffee species which may prove valuable as new breeding material for future cultivars, something that is sorely needed t

SUBMITTER: Navarini L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10880890 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature