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Coffea arabica

(Arabian Coffee)

Interesting Facts

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Common Names

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Common Names in Afrikaans:

Koffie, Koffieboom

Common Names in Amharic:

Buna

Common Names in Arabic:

Elive (Egypt), Kassent, Kawa (Quahwah), Kaweh, Qahwa (Jordan)

Common Names in Chinese:

Ka Fei, Ka Fei Dou (Bean), Ka Fei Shu (Tree), Xiao Guo Ka Fei, Xiao Li Ka Fei

Common Names in Danish:

Kaffe

Common Names in Dutch:

Arabicakoffie, Koffie, Koffiestruik

Common Names in English:

Arabian Coffee, Arabica Coffee, Coffee, Coffee Plant, Coffeetree

Common Names in French:

Café Arabica, Caféier Commun, Caféier D´arabie

Common Names in German:

Arabicakaffee, Arabischer Kaffeebaum, Arabischer Kaffeebaum (Tree), Arabischer Kaffeestrauch, Arabischer Kaffeestrauch (Plant), Bergkaffee, Kaffee, Kaffeebohne (Bean), Kaffeestrauch

Common Names in Greek:

Kafes

Common Names in Italian:

Albero Del Caffè, Arbusto Del Caffè, Caffè, Caffe

Common Names in Japanese:

Arabika Koohii, Koohii Noki

Common Names in Korean:

K´eo P´i Na Mu

Common Names in Malay:

Kopi

Common Names in Persian:

Gehve, Tochem Keweh

Common Names in Polish:

Kawa

Common Names in Portuguese:

Café, Caféeiro, Cafe, Cafeiro

Common Names in Russian:

Kofe Arabica

Common Names in Shona:

Muhubva

Common Names in Spanish:

Arbol Del Café, Cafeto, Cafeto Arábico, Cafeto De Arabia

Common Names in Swahili:

Kahawa

Common Names in Swedish:

Kaffe

Common Names in Tagalog:

Kapé

Common Names in Tamil:

Capie Cottay

Common Names in Telugu:

Chaabe

Common Names in Thai:

Kafae

Common Names in Turkish:

Kahvé Oghadji

Common Names in Vietnamese:

Càphê Arabica

Common Names in Zulu:

Ikhofi, Ilikhofi

Description

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Family Rubiaceae

The Rubiaceae are trees , shrubs , or infrequently herbs comprising about 450 genera and 6,500 species, including some lianous forms. The leaves are simple and usually entire, and are opposite or sometimes whorled ; stipules are present and interpetiolar . The flowers are nearly always bisexual and actinomorphic , often heterostylous, and usually are in cymose inflorescences. The calyx is mostly somewhat reduced and 4-5-lobed or sometimes the lobes are obsolete or rarely one of them greatly expanded and brightly colored . The sympetalous corolla is mostly 4-5-lobed, occasionally with 3 or up to 10 lobes. The androecium consists of as many stamens as corolla lobes and is adnate to the corolla tube or epigynous zone, alternate with the lobes. The gynoecium consists of a single compound pistil of 2 or seldom more carpels, a single style, and a nearly always inferior ovary with the number of locules equaling the number of carpels, each with 1-many axile ovules. An epigynous nectary disk is usually present. The fruit is variable, sometimes forming multiples . -- Gerald Carr.

Physical Description

Habit: Tree , ShrubGrowth Form: Multiple Stem • Shape and Orientation: Rounded

Flowers: Bloom Period: SpringFlower Color: White • Flower Conspicuous: Yes

Seeds: Seed per Pound: 1000 • Seed Spread Rate: None • Seedling Vigor: Medium • Fruit/Seed Abundance: High • Fruit/Seed Color: Red • Fruit/Seed Conspicuous: Yes • Cold Stratification Required: No

Foliage: Foliage Color: Green • Foliage Porosity Summer: Dense • Foliage Porosity Winter: Dense • Foliage Texture: Medium • Fall Conspicuous: Yes • Leaf Retention: Yes

Size/Age/Growth

Active Growth Period: Year Round • Growth Rate: Moderate • Mature Height (feet): 15.0 • Size: 12-15' tall. • Lifespan: Lifespan

Habitat

Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 4,936 meters (0 to 16,194 feet).[1]

Biology

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Reproduction

Duration: PerennialCoppice Potential: No • Progagated by Bulbs: No • Propagated by Bare Root: No • Propagated by Container: Yes • Propagated by Corms: No • Propagated by Cuttings: No • Propagated by Seed: Yes • Propagated by Sod: No • Propagated by Sprigs: No • Propagated by Tubers: No • Fruit/Seed Period Begin: SpringFruit/Seed Period End: FallFruit/Seed Persistence: No

Growth

Culture: Space 8-10' apart.

Soil: Adapted to Medium Textured: Adapted to Medium Textured Soils • Adapted to Coarse Textured Soils: Yes • Anaerobic Tolerance: Low • Salinity Tolerance: Low • CaCO3 Tolerance: Medium • Minimum pH: 4.0 • Maximum pH: 7.5 • Fertility Requirement: High

Sunlight: Sun Exposure: Light Shade. • Shade Tolerance: Tolerant

Moisture: Drought Tolerance: Medium • Minimum Precipitation: 60 • Maximum Precipitation: 100 • Moisture Use: High

Temperature: Minimum Temperature (F): 17 • Minimum Frost Free Days: 365 • Cold Hardiness: 10a, 10b, 11. (map)

Taxonomy

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Unambiguous Synonyms

  1. Coffea arabica forma abyssinica A. Chev.
  2. Coffea arabica var. amarella A. Froehner
  3. Coffea arabica var. angustifolia Cramer
  4. Coffea arabica var. bourbon Rodr. Ex Choussy
  5. Coffea arabica var. brevistipulata Cif.
  6. Coffea arabica var. bullata Cramer
  7. Coffea arabica var. columnaris Ottol. Ex Cramer
  8. Coffea arabica var. culta A. Chev.
  9. Coffea arabica var. cultoides A. Chev.
  10. Coffea arabica var. erecta Ottol. Ex Cramer
  11. Coffea arabica var. latifolia A. Chev.
  12. Coffea arabica var. longistipulata Cif.
  13. Coffea arabica var. maragogype A. Froehner
  14. Coffea arabica var. mokka Cramer
  15. Coffea arabica var. monosperma Ottol. and Cramer
  16. Coffea arabica var. murta Lalière
  17. Coffea arabica var. myrtifolia A. Chev.
  18. Coffea arabica var. pendula Cramer
  19. Coffea arabica var. polysperma Burck
  20. Coffea arabica var. pubescens Cif.
  21. Coffea arabica var. purpurascens Cramer
  22. Coffea arabica var. rotundifolia Ottol. Ex Cramer
  23. Coffea arabica var. straminea Miq. Ex A. Froehner
  24. Coffea arabica var. sundana (Miq.) A. Chev.
  25. Coffea arabica var. typica Cramer
  26. Coffea arabica var. variegata Ottol. Ex Cramer
  27. Coffea bourbonica Pharm. Ex Wehmer
  28. Coffea corymbulosa Bertol.
  29. Coffea laurifolia Salisb.
  30. Coffea moka Heynh.
  31. Coffea sundana Miq.
  32. Coffea vulgaris Moench

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

Place of publication : Sp. pl. 1:172. 1753

Name verified on 04-Jun-1986 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last updated: 13-Apr-2007.

An accepted name in the RHS Horticultural Database.

Similar Species

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Members of the genus Coffea

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 177 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus. Here are just 100 of them:

C. abbayesii · C. abeokutae · C. affinis · C. afzelii · C. alleizettei · C. alleizetti · C. alleizettii · C. amara · C. ambanjensis · C. andrambovatensis · C. angustifolia · C. ankaranensis · C. arabica (Arabian Coffee) · C. arabical · C. arabica 'Brasilian Bush' · C. arabica L. 'Catui' · C. arabica 'Catura' (Coffee) · C. arabica L. 'Caturra gelb' · C. arabica columnaris · C. arabica 'Kona' (Kona Coffee) · C. arabica laurina · C. arabica maragogipe · C. arabica L. 'Murta' · C. arabica L. 'Nana' · C. arabica var. xanthocarpa · C. arenesiana · C. arnoldiana · C. aruwimiensis · C. augagneuri · C. augagneurii · C. bakossii · C. baviensis · C. benghalensis (Bengal Coffee) · C. bertrandi · C. bertrandii · C. betamponensis · C. boiviniana · C. boiviniana boiviniana · C. bonnieri · C. brevipes · C. bridsoniae · C. bukobensis · C. buxifolia · C. camphora · C. canephora (Congo Coffeetree (Usa)) · C. canephora sankuruensis · C. canephora var. laurentii · C. carrissoi · C. charrieriana · C. chazalioides · C. clusiaefolia · C. commersoniana · C. congensis (Congo Coffee) · C. costatifructa · C. coursiana coursiana · C. crameri · C. dactylifera · C. decaryana · C. dewevrei · C. dongnaiensis · C. dubardi · C. dubardii · C. elongata · C. eugenioides · C. excelsa · C. fadenii · C. farafanganensis · C. fotsoana · C. fragilis · C. gallienii · C. grevei · C. heimii · C. heterocalyx · C. homollei · C. humbertii · C. humblotiana · C. humilis · C. indica · C. javanica · C. jumellei · C. kapakata · C. khasiana · C. kianjavatensis · C. kihansiensis · C. kimbozensis · C. kivuensis · C. lancifolia · C. lancifolia var. auriculata · C. lancifolia var. lancifolia · C. laurentii · C. lemblini · C. lemblinii · C. leonimontana · C. leroyi · C. liaudii · C. liberica (Liberian Coffee) · C. liberica f. bwambensis · C. liberica forma bwambensis · C. liberica var. dewevrei (Excelsa Coffee) · C. liberica var. liberica

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Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal November 13, 2007:

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Footnotes

  1. Mean = 363.470 meters (1,192.487 feet), Standard Deviation = 1,199.090 based on 313 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
Last Revised: 7/1/2009