coffee tree

Synonyms:

coffee

Types:

Arabian coffee, Coffea arabica

shrubby tree of northeastern tropical Africa widely cultivated in tropical or near tropical regions for its seed which form most of the commercial coffee

Coffea liberica, Liberian coffee

small tree of West Africa

Coffea canephora, Coffea robusta, Rio Nunez coffee, robusta coffee

native to West Africa but grown in Java and elsewhere; resistant to coffee rust

Type of:

tree

a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms