BOTANICAL RECORD
Coffea canephora Pierre ex A.Froehner
Robusta coffee · Coffee from Togo · Rubiaceae
Overview
About the illustration
Generated botanical watercolor representing the species: whole tree, leaves, flowers, cherries and seeds. Interpretative illustration; not a photograph of the Odo coffee trees or identification evidence.
Original ↗- Growth form
- Evergreen shrub or small tree
- At Odo Valley
- Planted at Odo Valley; sourced from Togo
- In the library
- Introductions from abroad
- Botanical origin in Ghana
- Native to Ghana
- Location
- Odo Valley · Busua · Ghana
- Known date or period
- Observation date unknown
Field note
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
- View source ↗
- 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
- View source ↗
- 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.