Steinmetz:Coffea

Coffea arabica (and other species)

Also known as (or relevant to) Coffea arabica (and other species) Family Rubiaceae English Names Coffee shrub Natural Habitat Abyssinia Arabia cultivated in tropical countries mainly Brazil Part(s) Used Semen Coffeae Folia Coffeae

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