Coffee Agroforestry Information

Coffee System

Arabica

Coffee Impact

Beneficial to coffee

Prevalence

Not Common in Coffee Agroforestry

Cultivation

Natural

Tree Management

Has a low incidence of pests.

Tree Benefits and Uses

Farmer Uses

Food
Firewood
Lumber
Medicinal
Ceremonial

Used for construction. Source of a psychoactive sap and used as a hallucinogen by some Indigenous peoples. Sap used to treat fungal infections.

Farm Services

Coffee Shade
Soil Improvement

Coffee Shade: provides medium to sparse shade in a conical shape when young and in a cup shape when mature

Biodiversity Benefits

Yes

It houses arthropods in leaves, flowers and bark that serve as food for many insectivorous birds. The fruits are eaten by forest animals.

Citations

Encyclopedia of Life. Accessed 27 June 2022. Available from http://eol.org;

Virola duckei A.C.Sm. in GBIF Secretariat (2021). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Accessed on 2022-06-27. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei;

Bennett, B. C., and Rocío Alarcón. "Osteophloeum platyspermum andVirola duckei (myristicaceae): newly reported as hallucinogens from Amazonian Ecuador." Economic Botany 48.2 (1994): 152-158. Gradstein, S.R. 2022-7-12.;

Virola duckei A.C.Sm. En Bernal, R., S.R. Gradstein & M. Celis (eds.). 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. http://catalogoplantasdecolombia.unal.edu.co;

Mendoza, A. L. M., & Guerrero, M. H. (2010). Catálogo de los árboles y afines de la Selva Central del Perú. Arnaldoa, 17, 203-242.