Coffee tree (Coffee Plant)

Coffee.

When it comes to "coffee", the first thing I think of is drink.

The drink "coffee" is made from coffee beans.

Where did the coffee beans come from:

Coffee tree → (flowering, fruiting) → coffee fruit, or coffee berry or coffee cherry → (peeling and a series of processing) → coffee raw beans

Coffee tree is a kind of plant. The biological classification of ta is as follows:

→ (Kingdom) Plantae plant kingdom

→ Angiosperms angiosperm

→ Eudicots true dicotyledonous branch

→ Asterids chrysanthemum plant

→ (Order) Gentianales Gentiana

→ (Family) Rubiaceae Rubiaceae

→ (Subfamily) Ixoroideae

→ (Tribe) Coffeeae

→ (Genus) Coffea coffee

In the nine-year compulsory education, the biological classification is "phylum, class, order, family, genus, species", but in practical application, the division will be more detailed, so more names will be inserted in the previous classification.

Coffee trees are evergreen shrubs. Under natural conditions, it can grow to 3-5m, and some can grow to 10m. Artificially cultivated coffee trees, in order to facilitate harvest, are usually pruned and kept at a reasonable height.

Coffee trees mainly grow between the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Cancer. Coffee trees are mainly distributed in the equatorial areas of Central and South America, Africa and Asia, forming a banded distribution, called "coffee belt" (coffee belt) or "coffee area" (coffee zone).

Coffee trees generally begin to blossom and bear fruit on a large scale in 3-5 years, are well managed, and the harvest period can last for decades, and it is generally believed that the harvest with the most economic value is about 10 years. After the golden period of harvest, you can "cutback" the coffee tree and keep the 30-50cm stump. It is said that a coffee tree can only be cut back twice in its lifetime. It is also said that it can be carried out several times.

Ornamental plants: coffee

Many people will ask, can coffee not grow in other places except in the tropics?

Coffee grows naturally in the tropics, but in many coffee shops, you can actually see green coffee trees. Ta are coffee seedlings cultivated as ornamental plants.

Seeing coffee seedlings growing elsewhere, many people will ask: can these plants that leave the warm country blossom and bear fruit?

With the development of science and technology, a variety of climatic conditions can be simulated under artificial conditions. Without the native origin, coffee can also live a good life.

Apart from the botanical garden, there are some cafes that use artificially grown coffee as a way to attract guests, as well as part of their own coffee atmosphere.

Of course, the purpose of planting under artificial conditions is not to harvest, but as an extension of coffee culture in cafes and as a way for coffee drinkers to get close to coffee.

Figure 1: the leaves of coffee are opposite, with a cross-shaped opposite leaf order.

Fig2: the leaves stretch out to see more clearly, grow slowly, and slowly grow branches in the axils of the leaves.

Figure 3: coffee branches opposite each other.

Fig.4: coffee is a shrub, 3-5 meters in the wild, and up to 10 meters in some varieties. Please pay attention to the tree trunk.