Rubiaceae
False coffee
Faramea occidentalis
- Family
- Rubiaceae
- Genus
- Faramea
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Common names
By language (2)
- Chinese
- 小仙丹花
- English
- False coffee
Synonyms
- Antoniana laurifolia Tussac
- Coffea occidentalis (L.) Jacq.
- Coussarea americana (L.) M.Gómez
- Coussarea odoratissima M.Gómez
- Coussarea sertulifera (DC.) M.Gómez
- Faramea americana (L.) Kuntze
- Faramea cyanea Müll.Arg.
- Faramea occidentalis subsp. occidentalis
- Faramea occidentalis var. brachycalyx Steyerm.
- Faramea occidentalis var. meridionalis Steyerm.
- Faramea odoratissima DC.
- Faramea sertulifera DC.
- Faramea warmingiana Müll.Arg.
- Faramea zetekii Standl.
- Ixora americana L.
- Ixora occidentalis L.
- Tetramerium occidentale (L.) Nees ex Mart.
- Tetramerium odoratissimum C.F.Gaertn.
- Tetramerium odoratissimum C.F.Gaertn.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Puerto Rico: native, U.S. Virgin Islands: native
Photos
Photo: Lydia Byam, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.