FREE: Coffee Berry Bush

The listing, Coffee Berry Bush has ended.

5 seeds are up for auction. Coffeeberry is a perennial evergreen or semi-deciduous shrub in the buckthorn family (Rhamnaceae) native to western US. It grows 6 – 10 ft. tall, under some conditions, it can grow as large as 15 ft. tall. The bark is bright grey-brown. New growth on twigs is often reddish. Alternately arranged leaves range from ¾ – 4 in. long and are elliptic to ovate in shape.The inflorescence consists of many small, clustered, yellow-green flowers each with 5 petals. It bears 2-stoned fruits that turn from green through red to black and are about ½ inches in diameter (Sawyer, 2012, 2016). The current
sub species are described below but the complex needs further study using modern techniques (Sawyer,