Family: Rubiaceae

Genus: Psilanthus

Species: bengalensis

Sample code: EGY-MBG-000889

Common name: Paracoffea

English name: Bengal coffee

Native: Bengladesh - Thailand

Country: Thailand

(PGR): Rare

Deciduous shrubs, grow 2-3 m tall leaves opposite, 3-6 x 5-7 cm, broadly elliptic, acuminate at apex, cuneate at base flowers white, fragrant, mostly on terminal fruit obovoid or ellipsoid, blue-lack when ripe, seeds oblong

Berries reptedly used for coffee by inhibitants of the Terai..

Texture: Clay Loam

Fertility: High

Drainage: Well drained

Salinity: Low

Water Sources: Moderate Water

Climates: Subtropics

Lights: Full sun Light shade

Propagation: Seeds

Flowering time: Spring

Zone: 9 : 11

Status: Rare

Life span: Perennial

Habits: Shrub

Sample Type: Introduced - cultivated

Collecting Sources: Botanical garden

Plant Uses: Fruits

Plant Populations density: Cultivated

Vegetation types: Deciduous