kasamarda :

Substitute:

Mogdad coffee seeds can be roasted and used as a substitute for coffee. 

Adultrants:

Mogdad coffee seeds have also been used as an adulterant for coffee. There is apparently no caffeine in mogdad coffee.

Controversy:

Though it is named Coffee Senna, but it has no relation to coffee.

Commercial value:

Senna occidentalis can be used as a coffee substitute in spite of the fact that the seeds are reported to be toxic to cattle. It has medicinal and insect antifeedant properties.

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