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Coffea Arabica “Coffee Plant”

Latin name

Coffea arabica

Pronounciation

(“koff-EE-ah ar-AB-ik-ah”)

Common name

Coffea arabica

Origin

Native to Ethiopia, Sudan and Kenya, but now also grown in South America, the Caribbean, Asia and parts of West Africa.

How easy am I to care for?

Buy one of my cousins from the nursery:

The coffee bush is an evergreen shrub that as well as producing coffee beans is also an attractive houseplant.

Coffea arabica has large, elliptic dark green glossy leaves with pronounced veins. The bush, when large and mature, may produce fragrant white flowers and red berries – but it will need to be grown in a warm conservatory for this to happen in the UK, and it may take many years.

As well as being the source of coffee beans, the timber is also used in construction and for fuel. All our potted plants come in compostable coir pots.