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Coffea abbayesii

Coffea abbayesii is a rare, endangered wild coffee tree from southeastern Madagascar, known only from a few forest sites. It is not a commonly grown plant, so care guidance is largely inferred from related coffee species grown in humid tropical conditions.

Family
Rubiaceae (Coffee family)
Grows as
Tree
Light
Part shade, Bright indirect
Water
Keep the soil evenly moist during growth, and let the top layer dry slightly between waterings.
Soil
Well-drained, humus-rich, slightly acidic mix.
Temperature
18–28 °C; protect below 12 °C
How easy
Hard
Edible
Yes, some parts
Native range
SE. Madagascar
Climate
seasonally dry tropical

About

Coffea abbayesii is an endangered species of flowering plant in the family Rubiaceae. It is endemic to Madagascar. It was described by Jean-François Leroy in 1961.

Where it grows

Coffea abbayesii is native to Andohahela National Park and a few other nearby locations in southeastern Madagascar. It is native to humid evergreen lowland forest. It has also been found in degraded forests on rocky soil. It is most often found between 400 and 500 meters elevation, but ranges from 250 to 1,000 meters.

Other Coffea plants

Coffea affinis · Arabian coffee · Bengal coffee · Coffea brassii · Robusta coffee · Coffea charrieriana · Excelsa Coffee · Coffea kapakata · Liberian coffee · Coffea magnistipula · Inhambane Coffee · Coffea

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Coffea abbayesii by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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