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Taxon:  Coffea arabica L.



Summary
Genus:
Coffea
Subgenus:
Coffea
Family:
Rubiaceae
Subfamily:
Ixoroideae
Tribe:
Coffeeae
Nomen number:
300141
Place of publication:
Sp. pl. 1:172. 1753
Verified:
06/04/1986 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0 (0  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System. 
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Autonym(s)
Coffea arabica L. var. arabica

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Coffea arabica L. var. columnaris Ottol. ex P. J. S. Cramer
Coffea arabica L. var. erecta P. J. S. Cramer
Coffea arabica L. var. goiaba Taschdjian
Coffea arabica L. var. laurina Laness.
Coffea arabica L. var. maragogipe A. Fern. ex A. Froehner
Coffea arabica L. var. mirta P. J. S. Cramer
Coffea arabica L. var. mokka P. J. S. Cramer
Coffea arabica L. var. polysperma Burck
Coffea arabica L. var. purpurascens P. J. S. Cramer
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Reference(s)
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  3. Duke, J. A. et al. 2002. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs
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  6. Govaerts, R. World checklist of selected plant families (on-line resource).
  7. Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. Note: re. Brazilian common names
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  9. Lashermes, P. et al. 1996. Genetic diversity for RAPD markers between cultivated and wild accessions of Coffea arabica. Euphytica 87:59-64. Note: Netherlands journal of plant breeding
  10. Leroy, T. et al. 2006. Genetics of coffee quality. Brazil. J. Pl. Physiol. 18:229-242.
  11. Leung, A. Y. & S. Foster. 1996. Encyclopedia of common natural ingredients used in food, drugs, and cosmetics, ed. 2
  12. Mabberley, D. J. 1997. The plant-book: a portable dictionary of the vascular plants, ed. 2
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  14. Maurin, O. et al. 2007. Towards a phylogeny for Coffea (Rubiaceae): Identifying well-supported lineages based on nuclear and plastid DNA sequences. Ann. Bot. (Oxford) 100:1565-1583.
  15. McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland.
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  21. Reichel, S. 1998. pers. comm. Note: re. German common names
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Common names
English
Arabian coffee –
arabica coffee –
coffee –
coffeetree –
Afrikaans
koffieboom –
French
caféier d'Arabie –
German
Arabicakaffee –
arabischer Kaffeebaum –
arabischer Kaffeestrauch –
Bergkaffee –
Kaffeestrauch –
Portuguese
caféeiro –
Portuguese (Brazil)
café –
cafeiro –
Spanish
cafeto arábico –
cafeto de Arabia –
Swedish
arabiskt kaffe –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeAfricaEast Tropical AfricaKenya n.e.
1NativeAfricaNortheast Tropical AfricaEthiopia s.w.
1NativeAfricaNortheast Tropical AfricaSudan s.e.
2Cultivated    widely cult. in tropics
2CultivatedAfricaWestern Indian OceanReunion  
2CultivatedAsia-TropicalMalesiaIndonesiaJawa 
4Naturalized    sometimes natzd. in tropics
4NaturalizedAfrica Africa  
Native
Africa
  • NORTHEAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Ethiopia (s.w.), Sudan (s.e.)
  • EAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Kenya (n.e.)
Cultivated

  • REGION:
Africa
  • WESTERN INDIAN OCEAN: Reunion
Asia-Tropical
  • MALESIA: Indonesia [Jawa]
Naturalized

  • REGION:
Africa
  • REGION: Africa
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Food additivesflavoring Leung, A. Y. & S. Foster. 1996. Encyclopedia of common natural ingredients used in food, drugs, and cosmetics, ed. 2
Food additivesflavoring Vossen, H. A. M. van der & M. Wessel, eds. 2000. Stimulants. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 16:66.
Human foodbeverage base Leung, A. Y. & S. Foster. 1996. Encyclopedia of common natural ingredients used in food, drugs, and cosmetics, ed. 2
Human foodbeverage base Vossen, H. A. M. van der & M. Wessel, eds. 2000. Stimulants. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 16:66.
Materialsbeads Smith, R. J. Botanical beads of the world (on-line resource).
Materialstannin/dyestuff Mabberley, D. J. 1997. The plant-book: a portable dictionary of the vascular plants, ed. 2
Medicinesfolklore Duke, J. A. et al. 2002. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs
Medicinesfolklore Vossen, H. A. M. van der & M. Wessel, eds. 2000. Stimulants. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 16:66.
Medicinesfolklore McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland.
Socialstimulant Vossen, H. A. M. van der & M. Wessel, eds. 2000. Stimulants. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 16:66.
Socialstimulant Mabberley, D. J. 1997. The plant-book: a portable dictionary of the vascular plants, ed. 2
Weed  Davis, A. P. et al. 2006. An annotated taxonomic conspectus of the genus Coffea (Rubiaceae). Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 152:478-479.
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://grip.mawarid.gov.om/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=300141. Accessed 20 May 2025.