A tropical understory shrub from the Ethiopian highlands whose roasted seeds became one of the most traded agricultural commodities on Earth. First cultivated at scale in Yemen, coffee is the livelihood of tens of millions of smallholder farmers across the tropical highlands, and one of the crops most exposed to a warming climate. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Scientific Name Domestication RegionEthiopian highlands; first widely cultivated in Yemen 3 Domesticated When (Circa)cultivated in Yemen by the 15th century AD 3 Era
Era (category)Post-Classical / Medieval 3 Coffee
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Source Armillaria fuscipes (Wikipedia)
Source Burrowing Nematode (Wikipedia)
Source Cephaleuros virescens (Wikipedia)
Source Coffee Berry Borer (Wikipedia)
Source Coffee Leaf Rust (Wikipedia)
Source Coffee Wilt Disease (Wikipedia)
Source Colletotrichum kahawae (Wikipedia)
Source Dysmicoccus brevipes (Wikipedia)
Source Erythricium salmonicolor (Wikipedia)
Source Ganoderma philippii (Wikipedia)
Source Coffee Leaf Rust (Wikipedia)
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Agroforestry, Practices Shade-grown coffee agroforestry is a widely documented traditional and sustainable cultivation practice.
Cash Crop, Concepts Coffee is a standard example of a globally traded cash crop grown almost entirely for export sale.
Source Cash Crop (Wikipedia)
The coffee berry borer is considered the most damaging insect pest of coffee worldwide.
Coffee leaf rust (Hemileia vastatrix) is the most significant fungal disease of coffee, historically devastating Sri Lankan production.
Coffee wilt disease (Fusarium xylarioides) has devastated coffee production across East and Central Africa.
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1. USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database: USDA PLANTS profile data for Coffea arabica
USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS DatabasePlantProfile, DurationsQuote, PlantProfile, Durations
"Durations": [ "Perennial" ]
2. Coffee (Wikipedia)
- lead: a beverage brewed from roasted, ground coffee beans
- lead: coffee beans processed into the beverage coffee
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Wikipedia- Era (category): Post-Classical / Medieval
- Scientific Name: Coffea arabica
- Domestication Region: Ethiopian highlands; first widely cultivated in Yemen
- Domesticated When (Circa): cultivated in Yemen by the 15th century AD
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Coffee Berry Borer (Wikipedia)
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It is the most harmful insect pest of coffee worldwide.
Coffee Leaf Rust (Wikipedia)
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Hemileia vastatrix is a multicellular basidiomycete fungus of the order Pucciniales (previously also known as Uredinales) that causes coffee leaf rust (CLR), a disease affecting the coffee plant.
Affected By: Hemileia vastatrix, Article text
Hemileia vastatrix is a multicellular basidiomycete fungus of the order Pucciniales (previously also known as Uredinales) that causes coffee leaf rust (CLR), a disease affecting the coffee plant.
View the Source Burrowing Nematode (Wikipedia)
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It is an especially important pest of bananas, and it can be found on coconut, avocado, coffee, sugarcane, other grasses, and ornamentals.
Coffee Wilt Disease (Wikipedia)
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Coffee wilt disease (tracheomycosis) is a common wilt that results in complete death of coffee trees it infects.
Erythricium salmonicolor (Wikipedia)
Affected By: Erythricium salmonicolor, Article textQuote, Affected By: Erythricium salmonicolor, Article text
The host plants of greatest importance include rubber, tea, coffee, cacao, grapefruit, orange, nutmeg, mango, apple, coca, and kola.
Dysmicoccus brevipes (Wikipedia)
Affected By: Dysmicoccus brevipes, Article textQuote, Affected By: Dysmicoccus brevipes, Article text
The species is found primarily on pineapple and other species in the genus Ananas, but also infests citrus trees, cotton, banana, coffee and other plants.
Armillaria fuscipes (Wikipedia)
Affected By: Armillaria fuscipes, Article textQuote, Affected By: Armillaria fuscipes, Article text
Armillaria fuscipes is a plant pathogen that causes Armillaria root rot on Pinus, coffee plants, tea and various hardwood trees.
Ganoderma philippii (Wikipedia)
Affected By: Ganoderma philippii, Article textQuote, Affected By: Ganoderma philippii, Article text
Ganoderma philippii is a plant pathogen infecting cacao, tea and coffee trees.
Cephaleuros virescens (Wikipedia)
Affected By: Cephaleuros virescens, Lead sectionQuote, Affected By: Cephaleuros virescens, Lead section
is an algal plant pathogen that infects tea, coffee and coconut plants
Colletotrichum kahawae (Wikipedia)
Affected By: Colletotrichum kahawae, Lead sectionQuote, Affected By: Colletotrichum kahawae, Lead section
is a fungal plant pathogen that causes coffee berry disease (CBD) on Coffea arabica crops.
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