The Madder plant family of the order Gentianales (formerly Rubiales), subclass Asteridae, class Magnoliopsida includes important medicinal plants that provide QUININE; IPECAC; and COFFEE. They have opposite leaves and interpetiolar stipules.
    

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Coffee plant (Coffea arabica): fruiting stem. Watercolour, c.1823.

Morinda umbellata L.: flowering stem. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1770.

The blossom and fruit of a coffee tree (Coffea arabica) Photograph.

Field madder (Sherardia arvensis L.): entire flowering plant with separate flower sections. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1772.

Cinchona plant (Cinchona caribbaea): flowering and fruiting branch. Coloured etching by J. Pass, c. 1801, after J. Ihle.

Work on a coffee plantation in Guatemala. Wood-engravings by G. Andrews, 1877, after E. Muybridge.

Cuprea bark plant (Remijia pedunculata): flowering and fruiting stem. Lithograph, c. 1883.

Crosswort (Galium cruciata (L.) Scop.): flowering plants rooted in joints of stone wall with separate flower sections. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1772.

A coffee plant (Coffea arabica), its flower and fruit segments bordered by six scenes illustrating its use by man. Coloured lithograph, c. 1840.

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Work on a coffee plantation in Guatemala. Wood-engravings by G. Andrews, 1877, after E. Muybridge.

Coffee plant (Coffea arabica): fruiting stem. Watercolour, c.1823.

Cuprea bark plant (Remijia pedunculata): flowering and fruiting stem. Lithograph, c. 1883.

Crosswort (Galium cruciata (L.) Scop.): flowering plants rooted in joints of stone wall with separate flower sections. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1772.

A coffee plant (Coffea arabica), its flower and fruit segments bordered by six scenes illustrating its use by man. Coloured lithograph, c. 1840.