Rubiaceae

Arabian coffee

Coffea arabica L.

Family: Rubiaceae
Genus: Coffea

Pets and kids

CatsNot sure
DogsNot sure
KidsNot sure

Why

Cats: Not sure

We found no reliable source on this plant for cats, so we don't call it safe. Keep it out of reach until you have checked with your vet.

Dogs: Not sure

We found no reliable source on this plant for dogs, so we don't call it safe. Keep it out of reach until you have checked with your vet.

Kids: Not sure

We found no reliable source on this plant for young children, so we don't call it safe. Keep it out of reach until you have checked with a doctor or poison control.

Ate some? Call your vet or the ASPCA Animal Poison Control Center at (888) 426-4435 (a fee may apply). For a child, call Poison Help at 1-800-222-1222 (US). If they are struggling to breathe or collapse, call 911. Don't give anything by mouth unless a vet or poison expert tells you to.

Arabian coffee (Coffea arabica) — FlowerPhoto: Rui Ribeiro, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (54)

Arabic: بن عربي, بن
Armenian: Սուրճ արաբիկա, Մարագոջիպ
arz: بن عربى
Asturian: Café
azb: عرب قهوهسی
Azerbaijani: Ərəb qəhvəsi
Bulgarian: Арабско кафе
Burmese: ကော်ဖီစေ့
Catalan: Cafè arabica, Cafè aràbic
Central Kurdish: قاوەی عەرەبیکا
Chinese: 小果咖啡, 小粒咖啡, 咖啡, 小粒咖啡（咖啡）, 高山芹根, 小粒种咖啡, 阿拉比卡, 阿拉比卡咖啡
cv: Кофе Арабика, Марагоджип
Czech: Kávovník arabský, Arabica, Arabský kávovník
Danish: Ægte Kaffe, Kaffetræ
Dutch: Maragogype
English: Arabian coffee, Arabic coffe, Maragogipe coffee
Esperanto: Araba kofeo
Estonian: Araabia kohvipuu
Finnish: Arabiankahvi, Arabica, Kahvipuu
French: Caféier d'Arabie, Maragogype
German: Arabica-Kaffee, Arabica, Arabischer Kaffee, Bergkaffee, Java-Bohne, Maragogype
Hebrew: קפה ערביקה, קפה ערבי
hsb: Arabski kofejowc
Hungarian: Arab kávé
hyw: Սուրճ Արապիքա
Indonesian: Kopi arabika, Arabika
Japanese: アラビカコーヒーノキ
Javanese: Kopi Arabika
Kannada: ಅರಾಬಿಕ ಕಾಫಿ
Korean: 커피나무
lah: کافی عربیکا
Lithuanian: Arabinis kavamedis
Malayalam: കോഫി അറബിക, കോഫിയ അറബിക
Norwegian Bokmål: Arabica, Arabica-kaffe
Norwegian Nynorsk: Arabica, Arabicakaffi, C. arabica
Persian: قهوه عربی, قهوه عربیکا, قهوهٔ عربی, قهوه ماراگوگیپ
Polish: Kawa arabska
Portuguese: Café arábica
Quechua: Kaphiy yura, Kafiy thansa, Kafiy yura, Kaphiy thansa
Russian: Кофе аравийский, Арабика, Кофейное дерево аравийское, Марагоджип
sg: Kâfe
shn: မၢၵ်ႇၵႃႇၽီႇ
Sindhi: ڪافي عربيڪا
Slovak: Kávovník arabský, Arabica
Slovenian: Arabski kavovec
Spanish: Cafeto de Arabia
Swedish: Arabiskt kaffe, Arabica, Arabicakaffe
Tatar: Гарәп кәвәсе
Thai: กาแฟอะแรบิกา
Tongan: Kofi
Turkish: Arabica kahvesi
Ukrainian: Арабіка
Uzbek: Maragodjip
Vietnamese: Cà phê chè, Cà phê arabica

Synonyms

Coffea arabica f. abyssinica A.Chev.
Coffea arabica var. amarella A.Froehner
Coffea arabica var. angustifolia Cramer
Coffea arabica var. bourbon Rodr. ex Choussy
Coffea arabica var. brevistipulata Cif.
Coffea arabica var. bullata Cramer
Coffea arabica var. columnaris Ottol. ex Cramer
Coffea arabica var. culta A.Chev.
Coffea arabica var. cultoides A.Chev.
Coffea arabica var. erecta Ottol. ex Cramer
Coffea arabica var. latifolia A.Chev.
Coffea arabica var. longistipulata Cif.
Coffea arabica var. maragogype A.Froehner
Coffea arabica var. mokka Cramer
Coffea arabica var. monosperma Ottol. & Cramer
Coffea arabica var. murta Lalière
Coffea arabica var. myrtifolia A.Chev.
Coffea arabica var. pendula Cramer
Coffea arabica var. polysperma Silveira
Coffea arabica var. polysperma Burck
Coffea arabica var. pubescens Cif.
Coffea arabica var. purpurascens Cramer
Coffea arabica var. rotundifolia Ottol. ex Cramer
Coffea arabica var. straminea Miq. ex A.Froehner
Coffea arabica var. sundana (Miq.) A.Chev.
Coffea arabica var. typica Cramer
Coffea arabica var. variegata Ottol. ex Cramer
Coffea bourbonica Pharm. ex Wehmer
Coffea corymbulosa Bertol.
Coffea laurifolia Salisb.
Coffea moka Heynh.
Coffea sundana Miq.
Coffea vulgaris Moench

Flowers

In flower: July to May (from 73 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Flower colour: white (USDA PLANTS Database)

Characteristics

Growth habit: Shrub, Tree
Lifespan: Perennial
In the US and Canada: Hawaii: introduced, Pacific Basin: introduced, Puerto Rico: introduced, U.S. Virgin Islands: introduced

Photos

FlowerPhoto: Rui Ribeiro, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Siddarth Machado, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Marcelo Venturi, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Mark Richman, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FruitPhoto: Conrado Pável de Oliveira, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Marcelo Corrêa, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Feloidea, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Jay Paroline, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: H. Zell, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Damien Wallace, CC0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Daniel Case, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: julianazuluaga-carrero, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.