Fruit · Medicinal
Coffee
Coffea arabica L.
FamilyRubiaceae
EspañolCafé
AlsoArabica coffee, Arabian coffee, Coffee
Arabica coffee is an evergreen shrub or small understorey tree with horizontal branches and glossy dark green leaves in opposite pairs. Clusters of small, sweetly scented white flowers open in the leaf axils in the morning and wither within two days, followed by berries, called cherries, that ripen red and each hold two seeds, the coffee beans. Arabica accounts for roughly 65 percent of the world's coffee, yet the wild species is endangered in its Ethiopian forests.
Sourced · see Record tab Endangered in the wild, threatened by deforestation and climate change. · IUCN
Worth knowingArabica is a natural hybrid of two other coffee species, Coffea eugenioides and Coffea canephora, and is one of the few self-fertile coffees; scientists predict wild populations could fall by up to half by 2088 from climate change alone.
2on the estate
2carrying a tag
0sponsored
| Tag | Garden area | Zone | Planted | Status | Sponsored | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 40 | Main Orchard | B | 7 July 2015 | Healthy | — | |
| 96 | Citrus Line | B | 16 June 2016 | Healthy | — | Along Service Road |
0 of these have no tag yet; they will be numbered when the garden team re-tags the estate.