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Coffee fruits (family: Rubiaceae)  
Coffea arabica and Coffea robusta (photo below) are two coffee plants one can find in Malaysian plantations. Arabica coffee are best grown in the highlands, while Robusta coffee are preferably grown on the coast. There is an easy way to distinguish them; unlike Arabica coffee, Robusta coffee has a strong trunk and does not bend easily. See the flowers of Oxyceros longiflora, a native clmber belonging to the coffee family too.
  ©Joseph Lai 2003