Plant Details

Accepted name:: Coffea arabica L. [Rubiaceae]
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Source:: World Checklist of Vascular Plants

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
abyssinian coffee	Other	Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
arabian coffee	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
arabica coffee	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018) Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021)
arabicakaffee	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
arabischer kaffeebaum	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
arabischer kaffeestrauch	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
arabiskt kaffe	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
bannu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
bannu gida	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bergkaffee	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
bonda	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bonda-bija	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bonn	Other	Trad. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
brazilian coffee	Other	Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
bun	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. Pl. Yemen (Fleurentin & Pelt, 1982) Trad. Use of Ethnomed. Pl. of Saudi Arabia (Aati et al., 2019)
bund	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bundu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bunnu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bunu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cafe	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016) Med. Pl. Nicarag. Atlantic Coast (Barrett, 1994) Med. Pl. in Ethnobot./Relig. Trads., Cuba (Carlomagno et al., 2015) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
cafe d'haiti	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
cafe de moka	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
cafeeiro	Other	Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021)
cafeier	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
cafeiro	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
cafeto	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
cafeto arábico	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
cafeto de arabia	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
caffè	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
café	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Guatemalan Med. Pl. Against Cancer (Cates et al., 2014) Hypothesis to Local Pharmacop., Brazil (Lozano et al., 2014) Med. Pl. Traded in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Leitão et al., 2014) Med. Pl. in N Peruvian Andes (Corroto et al., 2019) Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008) Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021)
café vert	Other	Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacop.: Liste A (2000)
caféeiro	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
caféier d'arabie	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
cahwa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
caphi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
capie cottay	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cilapakakkottai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cilapakam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
coffea cruda	Other	U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacop. (HPUS, 2009)
coffeae carbo	Pharmaceutical	E-Kommission: Approved Status (1984-1994) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
coffeae semen	Pharmaceutical	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
coffeae tostae carbo	Pharmaceutical	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
coffee	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020) Commercially Important African Med. Pl. (Van Wyk, 2015) Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) ISO Catalogue (2009) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020) Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018) Med. & Magic Pl. from a Market, Brazil (de Albuquerque et al., 2007) Med. Pl. Nicarag. Atlantic Coast (Barrett, 1994) National List of Med. Pl. in Palestine (Ali-Shtayeh et al., 2014) Philippine Herbal Med. (Alvarez, 2005-2022) Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021) Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021) Trad. Drugs in Jordan (Lev & Amar, 2002) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacop. (HPUS, 2009)
coffee and coffee products – vocabulary	Other	ISO Catalogue (2009)
coffee fruit dry extract	Other	U.S. Pharmacop. USP 43 (2020)
coffee gida	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
coffee tree	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
coffeetree	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
cà phê	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
ghahveh	Other	Med. Pl. in Markets of Mashhad, Iran (Amiri & Joharchi, 2013)
green coffee	Other	U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacop. (HPUS, 2009)
guatemala coffee	Other	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
gáfe	Other	Med. Pl. E Nicaragua (Coe et al., 1996)
ka-phi	Other	Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
kaaphe	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kaaphi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kaapi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
kaapivittulu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kafe	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
kaffee	Other	Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021)
kaffeekohle	Other	E-Kommission: Approved Status (1984-1994)
kaffeestrauch	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
kaffi	Other	Med. Pl. Nicarag. Atlantic Coast (Barrett, 1994)
kafi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kahvaa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
kahve	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016) Med. Pl. in E Black Sea Region of Turkey (Toksoy et al., 2010)
kahwa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
kaphe	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kaphi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kapi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kapi-bija	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kapi-kottai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kapi-vittulu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kapikottai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kapivittulu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kappi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kappi chedi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kappi-karu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kappikkottai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kappikkottaicceti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kawa	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
kia fey	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
koffieboom	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
kopi	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
koppi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
koppicceti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kuehwa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kuppu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kā fēi	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
kā fēi dòu	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
mlechca-phala	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mocha coffee	Other	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
patakari	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
patakarikkottai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pilu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pokok kopi	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
qahva	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
qahveh	Other	Trad. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
qahûa	Other	Med. Pl. Yemen (Fleurentin & Pelt, 1982)
qashr album	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Women in Mecca (Alqethami et al., 2017)
qawey 3erebî	Other	Ethnobot. & Trade of Pl. in Qaysari Market, Iraq (Mati & Boer, 2011)
qawey sewz	Other	Ethnobot. & Trade of Pl. in Qaysari Market, Iraq (Mati & Boer, 2011)
rajapiluh	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sultana	Other	Ethnobot. of Med. Pl. in La Paz, Bolivia (Macía et al., 2005)
ticaipari	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ticaiparikkottai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tochem-keweh	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tumpavakakkottai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tumpavakam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ā lā bó kā fēi	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
بنّ	Other	Trad. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
رشق نبللا	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Women in Mecca (Alqethami et al., 2017)
قهوه	Other	Trad. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
‫قه وة‬	Other	National List of Med. Pl. in Palestine (Ali-Shtayeh et al., 2014)
咖啡	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
咖啡豆	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
阿拉伯咖啡	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Seeds		Commercially Important African Med. Pl. (Van Wyk, 2015)
seeds		Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacop.: Liste A (2000)
Seed peel		Trad. Drugs in Jordan (Lev & Amar, 2002)
Semen	Green	Ethnobot. & Trade of Pl. in Qaysari Market, Iraq (Mati & Boer, 2011)
Seed		Trad. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
Roots, Seeds		Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
leaves		Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Pericarp		Med. Pl. Used by Women in Mecca (Alqethami et al., 2017)
Seed		Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
Seeds		Trad. Use of Ethnomed. Pl. of Saudi Arabia (Aati et al., 2019)
Leaves		Guatemalan Med. Pl. Against Cancer (Cates et al., 2014)
fruit, leaf, seed, flower		Med. Pl. in N Peruvian Andes (Corroto et al., 2019)
seed		Med. Pl. in E Black Sea Region of Turkey (Toksoy et al., 2010)
seed	charcoal of the outer seed parts	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
leaf		Med. & Magic Pl. from a Market, Brazil (de Albuquerque et al., 2007)
fruits		Ethnobot. of Med. Pl. in La Paz, Bolivia (Macía et al., 2005)
seed		Med. Pl. in Markets of Mashhad, Iran (Amiri & Joharchi, 2013)
fruit	semi-ripened light red entire fruit	U.S. Pharmacop. USP 43 (2020)
seed		Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
seed		Med. Pl. E Nicaragua (Coe et al., 1996)
seed		Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
fruit		Med. Pl. Yemen (Fleurentin & Pelt, 1982)
fruit, leaf		Med. Pl. Nicarag. Atlantic Coast (Barrett, 1994)
Fruit (Seed)		Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 32 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Coffea arabica f. abyssinica A.Chev. Encycl. Biol. 22: t. 17 (1942), not validly publ.
Coffea arabica var. amarella A.Froehner Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 25: 263 (1898).
Coffea arabica var. angustifolia Cramer Teysmannia 18: 224 (1907), nom. illeg.
Coffea arabica var. bourbon Rodr. ex Choussy El Café: ? (1928).
Coffea arabica var. brevistipulata Cif. Agric. Colon. 31: 521 (1937).
Coffea arabica var. bullata Cramer Meded. Dept. Landb. Ned.-Indië 11: 210 (1913).
Coffea arabica var. columnaris Ottol. ex Cramer Meded. Dept. Landb. Ned.-Indië 11: 262 (1913).
Coffea arabica var. culta A.Chev. Encycl. Biol. 22: t. 18 (1942), not validly publ.
Coffea arabica var. cultoides A.Chev. Encycl. Biol. 22: t. 19 (1942), not validly publ.
Coffea arabica var. erecta Ottol. ex Cramer Meded. Dept. Landb. Ned.-Indië 11: 201 (1913).
Coffea arabica var. latifolia A.Chev. Encycl. Biol. 22: t. 22 (1942), not validly publ.
Coffea arabica var. longistipulata Cif. Agric. Colon. 31: 521 (1937).
Coffea arabica var. maragogype A.Froehner Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 25: 263 (1898).
Coffea arabica var. mokka Cramer Meded. Dept. Landb. Ned.-Indië 11: 154 (1913).
Coffea arabica var. monosperma Ottol. & Cramer Meded. Dept. Landb. Ned.-Indië 11: 186 (1913).
Coffea arabica var. murta Lalière Café Etat Saint-Paul: 40 (1909).
Coffea arabica var. myrtifolia A.Chev. Encycl. Biol. 22: t. 27 (1942), not validly publ.
Coffea arabica var. pendula Cramer Meded. Dept. Landb. Ned.-Indië 11: 251 (1913).
Coffea arabica var. polysperma Burck Ann. Jard. Bot. Buitenzorg 4: 52 (1890).
Coffea arabica var. pubescens Cif. Agric. Colon. 31: 521 (1937).
Coffea arabica var. purpurascens Cramer Meded. Dept. Landb. Ned.-Indië 11: 201 (1913).
Coffea arabica var. rotundifolia Ottol. ex Cramer Teysmannia 18: 225 (1907).
Coffea arabica var. straminea Miq. ex A.Froehner Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 25: 263 (1898).
Coffea arabica var. sundana (Miq.) A.Chev. Encycl. Biol. 28: 204 (1947).
Coffea arabica var. typica Cramer Meded. Dept. Landb. Ned.-Indië 11: 126 (1913), not validly publ.
Coffea arabica var. variegata Ottol. ex Cramer Meded. Dept. Landb. Ned.-Indië 11: 209 (1913).
Coffea bourbonica Pharm. ex Wehmer Pfl.-Stoffe: 734 (1911), nom. nud.
Coffea corymbulosa Bertol. Nuovi Ann. Sci. Nat. 1: 411 (1838).
Coffea laurifolia Salisb. Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton: 62 (1796).
Coffea moka Heynh. Alph. Aufz. Gew.: 153 (1846).
Coffea sundana Miq. Fl. Ned. Ind. 2: 306 (1857).
Coffea vulgaris Moench Methodus: 504 (1794).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Coffea Arabica L.	National List of Med. Pl. in Palestine (Ali-Shtayeh et al., 2014)
Coffea arabica	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020) Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016) Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020) Philippine Herbal Med. (Alvarez, 2005-2022) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007) Trad. Drugs in Jordan (Lev & Amar, 2002) Trad. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
Coffea arabica L.	Commercially Important African Med. Pl. (Van Wyk, 2015) Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2017) Ethnobot. & Trade of Pl. in Qaysari Market, Iraq (Mati & Boer, 2011) Ethnobot. in W Granada Province, Spain (Benítez et al., 2010) Ethnobot. of Med. Pl. in La Paz, Bolivia (Macía et al., 2005) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Guatemalan Med. Pl. Against Cancer (Cates et al., 2014) Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Hypothesis to Local Pharmacop., Brazil (Lozano et al., 2014) ISO Catalogue (2009) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020) Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018) Med. & Magic Pl. from a Market, Brazil (de Albuquerque et al., 2007) Med. Pl. E Nicaragua (Coe et al., 1996) Med. Pl. Nicarag. Atlantic Coast (Barrett, 1994) Med. Pl. Traded in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Leitão et al., 2014) Med. Pl. Used by Women in Mecca (Alqethami et al., 2017) Med. Pl. Yemen (Fleurentin & Pelt, 1982) Med. Pl. in Markets of Mashhad, Iran (Amiri & Joharchi, 2013) Med. Pl. in N Peruvian Andes (Corroto et al., 2019) Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Orders & Families of Med. Pl. in Philippines (Carag & Buot, 2017) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacop.: Liste A (2000) Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) SOTWP 2016: PROTA (2015) SOTWP 2016: Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2015) Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021) Trad. Use of Ethnomed. Pl. of Saudi Arabia (Aati et al., 2019) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacop. (HPUS, 2009) U.S. Pharmacop. USP 43 (2020) WHODrug Herbal Substances 2019 (WHO-UMC, 2019) WHODrug Herbal Substances 2024 (WHO-UMC, 2024) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Coffea arabica Lin.	Med. Pl. in Ethnobot./Relig. Trads., Cuba (Carlomagno et al., 2015)
Coffea arabica Linn.	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) SOTWP 2016: Useful Pl. of W Trop. Africa (2015)
Coffea arabica Linné	E-Kommission: Approved Status (1984-1994)
Coffeaarabica L.	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Coffeae arabica	Med. Pl. in E Black Sea Region of Turkey (Toksoy et al., 2010)
Coffee Arabica	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

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