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Common name

English: Arabian Coffee, Arabica Coffee, Coffee

German: Kaffee

Mandarin: 小粒咖啡 (xiao li ka fei)

Portuguese: Café

Classification

Kingdom: Plantae (2715)

  Phylum: Tracheophyta (2630)

    Class: Magnoliopsida (2217)

      Order: Gentianales (113)

        Family: Rubiaceae (62)(family description)

          Genus: Coffea (2)

            Epithet: arabica L. (2)

Synonyms: Coffea bourbonica Pharm. ex Wehmer, Coffea moka Heynh., Coffea vulgaris Moench

arabica => of Arabian origin

bourbonica => from Réunion Island (Ile de Bourbon), Indian Ocean

vulgaris => common, everyday

Characteristics

Climate: tropical

Habitat: mesophytic

Habit: shrub, tree

Flower colour: white

External links

Check for Coffea arabica at

World Flora Online, GBIF or IPNI

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