Beverage Plants


Coffea arabica, Rubiaceae, coffee, branch with fruits, starting plants, flowers , coffee plantations, coffee/drying
Several images courtesy Dr. Abraham Krikorian

Theobroma cacao, Sterculiaceae, cacao fruit opened, cacao fruit and arils, cacao flower, fruits on trunk, flowers, fermentation, drying, and cacao "beans"
Several images courtesy Dr. Robert Marquis

Camellia sinensis, Theaceae, tea, fields, closeup of bushes, flower, harvesting, oven for drying, harvesting, tea drying,breaking tea leaves, tea grading
Several images courtesy of Dr. ?? and Dr. Abraham Krikorian

Ilex paraguayensis, Aquifoliaceae, mat­, plants, branch with flowers

Ilex vomitoria, black drink, Aquifoliaceae, plant

Paullinia cupana, Sapindaceae, guarana, drawing of plant with flowers, fruits, seeds

Cola acuminata, Sterculiaceae, fruits, fruits with arils, seeds, branch with flower

Piper methysticum, Piperaceae, kava news, kava kava, plant in flower, plant of kava, preparation of drink, preparation of drink 2, preparation of drink 3

Hibiscus sabdariffa, Malvaceae, roselle or flor Jamaica, fruits with calyx, calyces in market, plants in cultivation
Last image courtesy of Dr. Dorothea Bedigian

Tamarindus indicus, Fabaceae, tamarind fruits in market

Anthemis nobilis, Asteraceae, chamomile, plants in flower

Aspalathus linearis, Fabaceae, rooibos tea, plants in field and warehouse
Images courtesy Dr. Ben-Erik van Wyk


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Revised April 2005


© David S. Seigler, Integrative Biology 363, Plants and Their Uses, Department of Plant Biology, 265 Morrill Hall, 505 S. Goodwin Ave., University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois 61801, USA. 217-333-7577. seigler@life.uiuc.edu.