Plant Details

Accepted name:: Coffea arabica L. [Rubiaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
abyssinian coffee	Other	Plants for Malaria, Plants for Fever (Milliken, 2021)
arabian coffee	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Plants for Malaria, Plants for Fever (Milliken, 2021)
arabica coffee	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Plants for Malaria, Plants for Fever (Milliken, 2021)
arabicakaffee	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
arabischer kaffeebaum	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
arabischer kaffeestrauch	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
arabiskt kaffe	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
bannu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bannu gida	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bergkaffee	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
bonda	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bonda-bija	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bonn	Other	Traditional Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
brazilian coffee	Other	Plants for Malaria, Plants for Fever (Milliken, 2021)
bun	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. Pl. Yemen (Fleurentin et al., 1982)
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	Encyclopedia of Herb. Medicine (Bartram, 1995) Med. Pl. Nicarag. Atlantic Coast (Barrett, 1994) Plants of Econ. Importance (FAO, 1983)
cafeeiro	Other	Plants for Malaria, Plants for Fever (Milliken, 2021)
cafeiro	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
cafeto	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
cafeto arábico	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
cafeto de arabia	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
caffe	Other	Dizionario delle Erbe Med. (Suozzi, 1995)
caffè	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
café	Other	Encyclopedia of Herb. Medicine (Bartram, 1995) GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) Med. Pl. N.E.Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008) Plants for Malaria, Plants for Fever (Milliken, 2021) Plants of Econ. Importance (FAO, 1983)
café vert	Other	Les Plantes Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000)
caféeiro	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
caféier	Other	Encyclopedia of Herb. Medicine (Bartram, 1995) Plants of Econ. Importance (FAO, 1983)
caféier d'arabie	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 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 Pharmacopoeia (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. Plants (Van Wyk, 2015) Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) ISO Catalogue (2009) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. Pl. Nicarag. Atlantic Coast (Barrett, 1994) Plants for Malaria, Plants for Fever (Milliken, 2021) Plants of Econ. Importance (FAO, 1983) Survey of Trad. Drugs Sold in Jordan (Lev, 2002) Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021) The Plant-Book (Mabberley, 1996) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
coffee and coffee products – vocabulary	Other	ISO Catalogue (2009)
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 Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
green coffee	Other	U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
gáfe	Other	Med. Pl. E. Nicaragua (Coe et al., 1996)
kaaphe	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kaaphi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kaapivittulu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kafee	Other	Plants of Econ. Importance (FAO, 1983)
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 Plants (Wiersema, 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)
kahwa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
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)
koffieboom	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
kopi	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
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)
mlechca-phala	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 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)
qahva	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
qahveh	Other	Traditional Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
qahûa	Other	Med. Pl. Yemen (Fleurentin et al., 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)
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)
بنّ	Other	Traditional Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
رشق نبللا	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Women in Mecca (Alqethami et al., 2017)
قهوه	Other	Traditional Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Seeds		Commercially Important African Med. Plants (Van Wyk, 2015)
seeds		Les Plantes Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000)
Seed peel		Survey of Trad. Drugs Sold in Jordan (Lev, 2002)
Semen	Powder	Ethnobot. & Trade of Pl. in Qaysari Market, Iraq (Mati & Boer, 2011)
Seed		Traditional Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
Roots, Seeds		Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
Pericarp		Med. Pl. Used by Women in Mecca (Alqethami et al., 2017)
seed		Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
seed		Med. Pl. E. Nicaragua (Coe et al., 1996)
seed		Med. Pl. N.E.Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
fruit		Med. Pl. Yemen (Fleurentin et al., 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	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020) Conservation of Indonesian Medicinal Plants (Cahyaningsih, 2020) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (2015) Substances in Medicines, Australia (TGA, 2007) Survey of Trad. Drugs Sold in Jordan (Lev, 2002) Traditional Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
Coffea arabica L.	Commercially Important African Med. Plants (Van Wyk, 2015) Conservation of Indonesian Medicinal Plants (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) Dizionario delle Erbe Med. (Suozzi, 1995) Encyclopedia of Herb. Medicine (Bartram, 1995) Ethnobot. & Trade of Pl. in Qaysari Market, Iraq (Mati & Boer, 2011) GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) ISO Catalogue (2009) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Les Plantes Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000) Med. Pl. E. Nicaragua (Coe et al., 1996) Med. Pl. N.E.Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008) Med. Pl. Nicarag. Atlantic Coast (Barrett, 1994) Med. Pl. Used by Women in Mecca (Alqethami et al., 2017) Med. Pl. Yemen (Fleurentin et al., 1982) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) Plants for Malaria, Plants for Fever (Milliken, 2021) Plants of Econ. Importance (FAO, 1983) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (2015) SOTWP 2016: PROTA (2015) SOTWP 2016: Plants for Malaria, Plants for Fever (Milliken, 2015) Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021) The Plant-Book (Mabberley, 1996) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Coffea arabica Linn.	SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (2015) SOTWP 2016: Useful Plants of West Tropical Africa (2015)
Coffea arabica Linné	E-Kommission: Approved Status (1984-1994)
Coﬀea arabica L.	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2017)

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