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Coffee
Forest and Kim Starr, CC BY 4.0, via iNaturalist

Coffee family

Coffee

Coffea arabica L.

EN Endangered

Names

EnglishCoffee
DutchArabica-koffie
SpanishCafeto arábico
Chinese咖啡
Scientific nameCoffea arabica L.

About this species

Coffea arabica, also known as the Arabica coffee, is a species of flowering plant in the coffee and madder family Rubiaceae. It is believed to be the first species of coffee to have been cultivated and is the dominant cultivar, representing about 60% of global production. Coffee produced from the less acidic, more bitter, and more highly caffeinated robusta bean (C. canephora) makes up most of the remaining coffee production. The natural populations of Coffea arabica are restricted to the forests of South Ethiopia, South Sudan, and Yemen.

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Classification

KingdomPlantae
PhylumTracheophyta
ClassMagnoliopsida
OrderGentianales
FamilyRubiaceae
GenusCoffea

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