This is the story of a wild coffee plant that disappeared ... Ocean in what is now part of Mauritius. As plants go, it was nothing special. Its leaves were green, its height average (about ...

The leaves crisped, curling at the edges, and fell from the plant when breezes jostled ... But around the world, 100 million people draw dignity and income from coffee, one of the world’s ...

Of all the parts of the coffee plant (a bush, scientifically named Coffea), the leaves don’t really get much attention. The beans, which are actually seeds found inside small fruits on the bush, are ...

The rare coffee plant sat on an isolated ridge in northern Sierra Leone, a lone shrub with thin leaves and marble-sized fruits. A team of researchers had spent over a year searching for it ...