I reiterate that I do not know. A search gives several sites which informs the coffee species cultivated in Nandi hills is *C. arabica*, but authenticity can be confirmed only by those who know. Meantime i am pasting the links serially according to their weightage as per my view -
1. http://books.google.co.in/books?id=6-g-nU3bTjcC&pg=PA356&lpg=PA356&dq=nandi+hills+coffee+species&source=bl&ots=vU7rL1piut&sig=RJKrevIwtO6PSR_jyKwEbS3Zf0o&hl=en&sa=X&ei=VL5PVIfJGMLUmAXu0oHQAw&ved=0CDUQ6AEwBzgU#v=onepage&q=nandi%20hills%20coffee%20species&f=false 2. http://www.indiacoffee.org/coffee-regions-india.html 3. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nandi_Hills,_India#Biodiversity 4. http://www.nandihills.net.in/ 5. http://www.bengaluruonline.in/city-guide/nandi-hills Thank you Regards On Tue, Oct 28, 2014 at 10:37 AM, J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: > Forwarding again for Id assistance please. > > Some earlier relevant feedback: > > This is a tough call, for i know only one species! > Glabrous, acute to cuneate to rounded base, obtusely acuminate apex, > indistinct nerves are features that can go with several species. The matter > complicates when the fruits are not ripe. Cymes 1 to 3 flowered.... can be *C. > arabica* or hybrid of *C. stenophylla > <http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=242314047>*? > Need more input who actually knows! > Thank you > Regards > > Surajit > > Coffea > <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/species/m---z/r/rubiaceae/coffea> > species in eFloraofindia (with details/ keys from published papers/ > regional floras/ FRLHT/ FOI/ Biotik/ efloras/ books etc., where ever > available) > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Anurag Sharma <[email protected]> > Date: 13 October 2014 00:03 > Subject: [efloraofindia:203052] ANOCT57 Please identify this Coffea(?) sp. > To: [email protected] > > > Nandi Hills > 10th October 2014 > > the plant is most likely cultivated > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "efloraofindia" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > > > -- > With regards, > J.M.Garg > > 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1> > The whole world uses my Image Resource > <http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg> of more than a > thousand species & eight thousand images of Birds, Butterflies, Plants etc. > (arranged alphabetically & place-wise). You can also use them for free as > per Creative Commons license attached with each image. > > For identification, learning, discussion & documentation of Indian Flora, > please visit/ join our Efloraofindia Google e-group > <https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/indiantreepix> (largest in the > world- more than 2400 members & 2,00,000 messages on 9.9.14) or Efloraofindia > website <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/> (with a species > database of more than 10,000 species & 2,00,000 images). Winner of > Wipro-NFS Sparrow Awards 2014 for efloraofindia > <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/award-for-efloraofindia>. > > Also author of 'A Photoguide to the Birds of Kolkata & Common Birds of > India'. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "efloraofindia" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
