Description
- Coffea arabica
- Rubiaceae
- 10 Seed Pack
- Arabian Coffee, Coffee, Mountain Coffee, Arabica Coffee, Coffee Shrub Of Arabia
Coffea arabica (pronounced /rbk/ ) is a species of coffea originally indigenous to the mountains of Yemen in the Arabian Peninsula , hence its name, and also from the southwestern highlands of Ethiopia and southeastern Sudan . It is also known as the "coffee shrub of Arabia", "mountain coffee" or "arabica coffee". Coffea arabica is believed to be the first species of coffee to be cultivated, being grown in southwest Arabia for well over 1,000 years. It is considered to produce better coffee than the other major commercially grown coffee species, Coffea canephora (robusta) . Arabica contains less caffeine than any other commercially cultivated species of coffee. Wild plants grow to between 9 and 12 m tall, and have an open branching system; the leaves are opposite, simple elliptic-ovate to oblong, 612 cm long and 48 cm broad, glossy dark green. The flowers are white, 1015 mm in diameter and grow in axillary clusters. The fruit is a drupe (though commonly called a "berry") 1015 mm in diameter, maturing bright red to purple and typically contain two seeds (the coffee 'bean').