Coffee

Scientific name: Coffea arabica L.

Local name: Coffee

Taxonomic Position According to Cronquist (1981)

Kingdom         : Plantae
Division          : Magnoliophyta
Class               :Magnoliopsida

Subclass : Asteridae

Order : Rubiales

Family : Rubiaceae

Genus : Coffea

Species : C. arabica

Fig. Coffee Field

Botanical Description of Coffee Plant

Habit: Shrub, perennial

Fig. Coffee Plant

Root: Tap root system, root system is relatively shallow.

Stem:Small tree, evergreen, glabrous, multi-stemmed shrub.

Leaf:Opposite, elliptic, stipulate, evergreen.

Inflorescence: Axillary, clusters

Flower: Actinomorphic, hermaphrodite, complete

Flower and Fruit of Coffee

Calyx: Sepal 5

Corolla: Petal 5, gamopetalous

Androecium : Stamen 5 exerted

Gynoecium :Ovary inferior, bilocular

Fruit:Berry oblong

Fig. Coffee Fruit

Seed: Non-endospermic

Economic Importance: Widely used as beverage and beverage product

Fig. Coffee Drink

Category: Beverage