Movement of Coffea arabica Germplasm — FAO Coffee Mission to Ethiopia, 1964–65

621 seed samples were numbered by the Mission (25 Oct 1964 – 14 Jan 1965); the 561 coffee seed collections in this extract are mapped below from their source localities to the six cooperating institutions that received them. Hover a route to read the original inventory entries; click to pin the panel and scroll. Seeds were hand-carried to the Plant Introduction Station, Glenn Dale, Maryland (marked ◇) for germination before onward distribution in June 1965.

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Source: Inventory of Coffea arabica seed collection procured in Ethiopia by the FAO Coffee Mission, 1964–1965, Appendix VIII (FAO Library AN: 102477, pp. 152–174). Collectors: F. Bolton, L.M. Fernie, Worku Makonnen, F.G. Meyer, L. Monaco, R.L. Narasimhaswamy. Entry texts are transcribed near-verbatim; coordinates are as printed except where an apparent misprint is noted. Basemap © OpenStreetMap contributors © CARTO.