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Coffea
This is the coffee tree and its seeds found in the SAS rainforest. In the first picture, it shows the seeds of the tree, which are the beans that are used to make coffee. The seed's color comes in the range of yellow and red. They are about 1.5cm long and 1cm wide. The bean is inside the seed, and as you can see in one of the pictures, they seed's colored skin layer is peeled off to reveal the bean to make coffees. The tree's flowers are supposed to have a good smell with a white color, but in these pictures the flowers are not shown. The coffee tree can sometimes be shrubs or small trees, and in these pictures, the beans comes from small trees.
The coffea tree is native to the tropical and southern Africa, and the tropical parts of Asia.
Spotted on Mar 18, 2014
Submitted on Mar 20, 2014
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The scientific name will usually be a 2 word name in latin. Coffee is a common name, look up the scientific name.