Species · genus Coffea · Rubiaceae

Coffee

Coffea arabica L.

Also known as: Arabian Coffee · Arabica Coffee · Coffee Tree · Coffeetree · Kona Coffee

Reference · C. arabica

Cultivars of C. arabica

The named forms growers keep — each with its own page, each honest about how much we know.

No named cultivars catalogued under C. arabica yet. When growers document a stable, named form, it earns its own page here.

Guide

The species-level account. Cultivar pages build on this and say where they differ.

Coffea arabica is a woody evergreen shrub in the Rubiaceae family, grown as an understory plant that prefers warmth and steady, moderate moisture without sitting wet. Give it bright indirect light out of harsh direct sun, and water when the top inch of the mix has dried, letting it approach dryness before watering again. Most homes provide adequate humidity, though it appreciates a little extra moisture in dry air.

Care recipe

The species record — the baseline every cultivar inherits unless it says otherwise.

Care notes are early — not yet verified

Light: ai:claude-opus-4-8
Water: ai:claude-opus-4-8 (range 5-10d)
Humidity: ai:claude-opus-4-8

Light

Bright, indirect

Water

≈ every 10 days

Humidity

Medium

Temperature

Not documented

Soil mix

Not documented

Propagation

Not documented

Fertilizing

Not documented

Growth rate

Not documented

Flowering

Not documented

ToxicityAuthoritative · species

Toxic to cats & dogs & humans

Rubiaceae; foliage and berries contain caffeine and related alkaloids This is where toxicity lives: every cultivar of this species inherits it and none can override it.

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Sources: ai:claude-opus-4-8 · ai:claude-opus-4-8 (range 5-10d) · ai:claude-opus-4-8 (family inference)

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