| Family | Rubiaceae |
|---|---|
| Local Name | Kape (Tagalog) |
| Habit | Shrub to small tree |
| Habitat | Warm temperature, dry to rain through tropical |
| Special Notes | The cherries contain 2 seeds, the so-called ""coffee beans"" which are not true beans at all |
| Ethnobotanical Uses | MEDICINAL: used as a painkiller; FOOD: used for consumption as a beverage and as flavoring; CONSTRUCTION: used in making furniture; OTHERS: used as a natural herbicide; |
| Collected from | Bayabas, Sablan, Benguet, Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR). |
| Collector(s) | Rose Anne Galapia |
