Genus Coffea (Noun)
Meaning
Coffee trees.
Classification
Nouns denoting plants.
Examples
- Coffea arabica is the most widely cultivated species within the genus Coffea, accounting for approximately 60% of global coffee production.
- The earliest credible evidence of coffee drinking comes from the 15th century, in the Sufi shrines of Yemen, where coffee trees of the genus Coffea were being cultivated.
- Coffea canephora, also known as robusta, is a species of flowering plant in the genus Coffea that is the second most commonly traded species of coffee.
- Genus Coffea is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae, whose seeds, called coffee beans, are used to produce a stimulating beverage.
- Commercially used species of the genus Coffea include Coffea arabica and Coffea canephora, although around forty other species exist, many of which are hybrid derivatives.