Rubiaceae
Liberian coffee
Coffea liberica
- Family
- Rubiaceae
- Genus
- Coffea
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Common names
By language (27)
- Arabic
- قهوة ليبيريكا
- arz
- كوفيا ليبيريكا
- Bulgarian
- Либерийско кафе
- Catalan
- Cafè libèrica, Liberica
- Chinese
- 大果咖啡, 咖啡, 大粒咖啡, 利比里亞種咖啡, 利比里卡種咖啡, 大粒种咖啡, 賴比瑞亞種
- Czech
- Kávovník liberijský
- English
- Liberian coffee
- Estonian
- Libeeria kohvipuu
- Filipino
- C liberica, C. liberica
- Finnish
- Liberiankahvi
- German
- Liberica-Kaffee
- Hebrew
- קפה ליבריקה
- Indonesian
- Kopi Liberika, Ekselsa
- Japanese
- リベリカコーヒーノキ
- Javanese
- Kopi Liberika
- Korean
- 코페아 리베리카
- Lithuanian
- Liberijos kavamedis, Liberika
- Macedonian
- Либериско кафе
- Malayalam
- കോഫി ലിബെറിക
- min
- Kopi Liberika
- Persian
- قهوه لیبریکا
- Polish
- Kawa liberyjska
- Swedish
- Liberiakaffe, Liberica
- Thai
- กาแฟใบใหญ่
- Ukrainian
- Ліберіка
- Uzbek
- Liberiya qahvasi
- Vietnamese
- Cà phê mít, Cà phê Liberia
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Pacific Basin: introduced, Puerto Rico: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Adam Kamal, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FruitPhoto: Romer N. Rabarijaona, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: DXLINH, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: HaztechGuy, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Elcambur, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: LeClairOrganics, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Fiver, der Hellseher, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification 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.