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Re: windbreaks for the Santa Clara Valley (was Re: Dodonaeaviscosa)

At 3:57 PM +1000 13/9/98, Tony & Moira Ryan wrote:
>Barry Garcia wrote:
>>
>> I love the Native Rhamnus (californicus?) or Coffee berry, however it
>> seems to be a very slow growing bush. I have a seedling from last
>> summer, and it still has just 5 leaves! Anyways, the berries are the
>> kicker.....if you slightly chew them it the aftertaste you get is just
>> like coffee! Kind of a slimy texture though. The seeds look like coffee
>>> beans do.
>
>Barry
>
>Interestingly real coffee berries have a mucilaginous layer under the
>skin, which makes them somewhat slimy too. This slimy layer is also
>sweet and where I was brought up, in Kenya, children used to love to
>chew into the berries for this sweetness, but they would spit out the
>actual kernels all over the place. This infurtiated my father, whose
>profits were being wasted on the ground, but I don't think he could do
>much about it..
>
>Moira
coffee is a much neglected shrub for the garden too.
Beautiful lush, dark green, shiny foliage;
 pretty white fragrant flowers;
 pretty bunches of edible red berries.  it grows well in a warm spot in the
garden. Nice pot specimen; What more could you ask for?
The plant used to be in every indoor ( not sure why 'indoor') section of
every nursery here
 but now your rarely see it.

Michael Bailes.
Herbarist
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