BOTANICAL RECORD
Coffea canephora Pierre ex A.Froehner
Robusta coffee · Coffee from Togo · Rubiaceae
At Odo Valley
To complete with field observations
Reported observation
- Add the number of coffee trees, planting year, supplier or locality in Togo, propagation method, location, and first flowering and harvest dates. Photographs of the whole tree, leaves and fruit will document the specimens. Ghanaian and Togolese local names remain to be recorded.
Documentation and strength of evidence
Documentation: Not assessed
Claimed effect: Not evaluated
Odo Valley notes
Robusta coffee from Togo, planted by JB at Odo Valley. Provenance reported on 26 September 2026. Number of plants, planting date, age, exact location, cultivar and propagation from seed or cuttings are unrecorded. Flowering, harvests and processing at Odo are not yet documented in this record.
Field observations
Planting of Robusta sourced from Togo
- Date precision
- Unknown
- Location
- Odo Valley · Busua · Ghana
- Observer
- JB
- Robusta coffee from Togo, planted by JB at Odo Valley. Provenance reported on 26 September 2026. Number of plants, planting date, age, exact location, cultivar and propagation from seed or cuttings are unrecorded. Flowering, harvests and processing at Odo are not yet documented in this record.
Record sources 4
Sources and origins
Genetic improvement of robusta coffee (Coffea canephora) in the 20th and 21st centuries: prospects for increasing future breeding effectiveness and impact
- Publication year
- 2025
- Source link
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- DOI
- 10.3389/fpls.2025.1719980
- Type
- Literature synthesis
- Date accessed
- 2026-09-26
Review of breeding and reproduction; no measurements of the Odo plants.
Coffea canephora — Plants of the World Online
- Author or institution
- Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
- Source link
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- Type
- Documentary source
- Date accessed
- 2026-09-26
Taxonomic and geographic reference; does not establish the lineage of the Odo plants.
JB — Robusta sourced from Togo and planted at Odo Valley
- Author or institution
- JB
- Publication year
- 2026
- Type
- Reported observation
- Geographic origin
- Odo Valley · Busua · Ghana
- Date accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Provenance and context
- Statement on 26 September 2026: “Robusta coffee from Togo I’ve planted”.
Statement date only; planting date unknown. The source country does not identify a cultivar.
Robusta Coffee Handbook
- Author or institution
- Uganda Coffee Development Authority
- Publication year
- 2019
- Source link
- View source ↗
- Type
- Documentary source
- Page, table or passage
- Soil: p. 9; shade: pp. 17–19; harvest: p. 90.
- Date accessed
- 2026-09-26
Guide written for Uganda. Principles need adaptation to Busua; its recommended calendars, yields and elevations are not transferred to Ghana.