The average annual yield from one coffee tree is the equivalent of 1 to 1 1/2 pounds of roasted coffee. It takes about 4,000 hand-picked green coffee beans to make a pound of coffee.
MARSDENIA
Mars*de"ni*a, n. Etym: [NL. From W. Marsden, an English author.] (Bot.)
Definition: A genus of plants of the Milkweed family, mostly woody climbers with fragrant flowers, several species of which furnish valuable fiber, and one species (Marsdenia tinctoria) affords indigo.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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