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Rubiaceae: Media

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Coffee cherries
Ripening coffee cherries on a coffee tree (Coffea), Hawaii.
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Madder
Common madder (Rubia tinctorum), formerly cultivated for a red dye known...
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Cinchona
Red cinchona (Cinchona pubescens) flowers. The bark is used for its high...
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Kratom
The leaves of kratom (Mitragyna speciosa) contain a psychoactive alkaloid.
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Sweet woodruff
The whorled leaves of sweet woodruff (Galium odoratum).
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