Biology (plants and animals)

Source: Wisdom Library: Local Names of Plants and Drugs

Kafi [काफ़ी] in the Hindi language is the name of a plant identified with Coffea arabica from the Rubiaceae (Coffee) family. For the possible medicinal usage of kafi, you can check this page for potential sources and references, although be aware that any some or none of the side-effects may not be mentioned here, wether they be harmful or beneficial to health.

Kafi [काफ़ी] in the Hindi language is the name of a plant identified with Coffea canephora Pierre ex A.Froehner from the Rubiaceae (Coffee) family having the following synonyms: Coffea robusta.

Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)

1) Kafi in Congo is the name of a plant defined with Staudtia gabonensis in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Staudtia congensis Vermoesen (among others).

2) Kafi in India is also identified with Coffea arabica It has the synonym Coffea arabica var. erecta Ottol. ex Cramer (etc.).

3) Kafi in Ivory Coast is also identified with Pericopsis laxiflora It has the synonym Pericopsis angolensis (Baker) Meeuwen subsp. laxiflora (Benth.) Yakovlev (etc.).

4) Kafi in Nigeria is also identified with Commiphora africana It has the synonym Balsamodendrum kotschyi O. Berg (etc.).

Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):

· Transactions of the Linnean Society of London (1811)
· Enumeratio Plantarum Zeylaniae (1864)
· Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie (1904)
· Economic Botany (1990)
· Fl. Cameroun (1974)
· Journal of Ethnopharmacology (1982)

If you are looking for specific details regarding Kafi, for example diet and recipes, health benefits, extract dosage, side effects, pregnancy safety, chemical composition, have a look at these references.

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This sections includes definitions from the five kingdoms of living things: Animals, Plants, Fungi, Protists and Monera. It will include both the official binomial nomenclature (scientific names usually in Latin) as well as regional spellings and variants.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Starts with: Kafidukkan, Kafini, Kafinulambasa, Kafir corn, Kafirs.

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