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Coffee
Coffee
Coffea arabica
Plantae
ENDANGERED

Stats

Lifespan
50-100 yrs
Size
Medium
Diet
Photosynthetic
Biome
Tropical rainforest
Range
East Africa
Movement
Sessile
Breeding
Seeds
Defense
Toxins
Status
Endangered

About

An evergreen shrub native to the highland forests of Ethiopia, Coffea arabica supplies roughly 60% of the world's coffee. Each fruit—called a coffee cherry—turns bright red when ripe and contains two seeds that become the roasted beans in your cup.

Life cycle

  1. 1.
    seed
    A dormant seed waits for water and warmth before germinating.
  2. 2.
    sprout
    A first shoot emerges with cotyledon leaves and a tap root reaching down.
  3. 3.
    sapling
    A young plant grows true leaves and a stem or trunk, putting on height each season.
  4. 4.
    mature
    Fully grown, flowering or fruiting at adult size.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Gentianales
Family
Rubiaceae
Genus
Coffea
Species
Coffea arabica