Arabic coffe

Names

Common Names

• coffee-tree
• Coffee
• Arabica Coffee
• coffeetree
• Kona Coffee

Regional and Traditional Names

Scientific Names

Accepted name

Synonyms

• Coffea arabica var. murta
• Coffea arabica var. sundana
• Coffea arabica var. polysperma
• Coffea arabica var. variegata
• Coffea arabica var. longistipulata
• Coffea arabica var. maragogype
• Coffea arabica var. mokka
• Coffea arabica var. monosperma
• Coffea arabica var. pendula
• Coffea arabica var. pubescens
• Coffea arabica var. purpurascens
• Coffea arabica var. rotundifolia
• Coffea arabica var. straminea
• Coffea arabica var. amarella
• Coffea arabica var. bourbon
• Coffea arabica var. brevistipulata
• Coffea arabica var. bullata
• Coffea arabica var. columnaris
• Coffea arabica var. erecta
• Coffea sundana
• Coffea vulgaris
• Coffea moka
• Coffea corymbulosa

Taxonomical Classification

This plant, Coffea arabica, belongs to the kingdom Plantae and the phylum Streptophyta. Within the class Equisetopsida and subclass Magnoliidae, it is categorized under the order Gentianales and the family Rubiaceae. Finally, it is classified under the genus Coffea.

Distribution

This plant is widely distributed across several key regions in the African continent. In West Tropical Africa, it can be found growing in Guinea-Bissau and Guinea. Its presence also extends into West-Central Tropical Africa, specifically within the Congo. Furthermore, the species inhabits the nation of Gabon. Finally, its geographical range includes the islands located within the Gulf of Guinea.

Plant Parts

Chemicals

Coffea arabica has 148 reported phytochemicals identified across 6 scientific publications and several other databases. The most consistently reported chemicals include caffeine, CHLOROGENIC ACID, Kahweol, Flavonoids, cafestol.

caffeine

1. Dr. Duke
2. Biomedical chromatography : BMC
3. Medicine and pharmacy reports
4. Pharmaceutics
5. Life sciences

CHLOROGENIC ACID

1. Dr. Duke
2. Natural product research
3. Advances in pharmacological and pharmaceutical sciences
4. Medicine and pharmacy reports
5. Food chemistry

Kahweol

1. Dr. Duke
2. Food and chemical toxicology : an international journal published for the British Industrial Biological Research Association
3. Food chemistry
4. Metabolites
5. Nutrition and cancer

Flavonoids

1. International journal of molecular sciences
2. Medicine and pharmacy reports
3. Nutrients
4. Food research international (Ottawa, Ont.)

cafestol

1. Dr. Duke
2. Food chemistry
3. Biomedicine & pharmacotherapy = Biomedecine & pharmacotherapie
4. Nutrition and cancer

caffeic acid

1. Dr. Duke
2. Pharmacological research
3. Pharmaceutics
4. IARC scientific publications

Trigonelline

1. Dr. Duke
2. Metabolic brain disease
3. Food research international (Ottawa, Ont.)

Isochlorogenic acid

1. Dr. Duke
2. Chinese journal of natural medicines

p-coumaric acid

1. Dr. Duke
2. Natural product research

palmitic acid

1. Dr. Duke
2. Food chemistry

Activities

Coffea arabica has 506 reported activities identified across 6 scientific publications and several other databases. The most consistently reported activities include Antioxidant, Anticancer, Antibacterial, Antidiabetic, Antimicrobial.

Most Reported Activities

Medicinal Uses

Coffea arabica has 46 reported medicinal uses identified across 6 scientific publications and several other databases. The most consistently reported uses include inflammation, neurodegenerative disorders, antidiabetic, hair loss, obesity.

Most Reported Uses

Preparations