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What kind of plant does coffee tree belong to? Introduction of coffee bean varieties and growth and fruiting cycle of coffee trees.

Published: 2024-09-19 Author: World Gafei

Last Updated: 2024/09/19, Coffee trees belong to the angiosperm phylum, dicotyledonous class, Rubia. Growing in the tropics and subtropics, coffee trees have white tube-shaped flowers that look like jasmine and give off the fragrance of jasmine. The flowers withered after 2 to 3 days, and the coffee beans began to bear fruit for 3 to 5 years after sowing.

Coffee tree belongs to angiosperm phylum, dicotyledonous plant class, rubiales class. Growing in tropical and subtropical regions, coffee trees bloom white, five-tube flowers that look like jasmine flowers and emit jasmine fragrance. Flowers wither after 2 to 3 days, coffee beans after sowing: 3 to 5 years to start fruit, economic life is about 30 years.

A coffee tree produces about 3 to 5 kilograms of coffee cherries per year, in exchange for about 1 kilogram of green coffee beans.

Coffee varieties are divided into three major varieties: Arabica, Robusta and Liberica.

Arabica: The earliest coffee variety discovered by people is Arabica, which is currently recognized as the best coffee variety in the world and the representative of fine coffee. Arabica coffee accounts for 70%-80% of the world's total economically grown coffee production, and Arabica originated in Ethiopia, Africa. Arabica coffee beans are known as Arabica coffee beans, which generally grow at about 1200 meters to 3000 meters.

Robusta, originating from the Congo Basin on the west coast of Africa, is generally known as medium-grain coffee. Robusta coffee generally grows at low altitudes below 500. Compared with Arabica coffee beans, Robusta coffee beans are more round in appearance, with cracks in the middle. The side is very full and the grooves are very straight. Robusta coffee tree does not artificially limit the growth of trees up to 5 meters high, its fruit yield of each coffee tree is the highest, the fruit cycle is three years, Robusta coffee tree environmental adaptability, high temperature resistance, tolerance.

Liberica, which originated in Liberia in West Africa, is much larger than the common coffee bean and is therefore called a large coffee bean. Generally, it grows on slopes with an altitude of about 200 meters. The most suitable temperature for growth is 19-27℃, and the tree height is up to 10 meters without artificial restriction.