Arabica Coffee

Botanical Name

Coffea arabica

Common Names

Arabian Coffee, Mountain Coffee

The easy-to-care-for Arabian Coffee Plant has become popular indoor house plant that can produce white flowers and colorful cherries if grown large enough. The seeds inside the cherries are actually coffee beans, and make up around 60% of the worlds coffee production. Originally found and documented in Yemen around the 12th century, Coffea arabica has a truly global distribution today. As a house plant, it requires minimum maintenance and can be put outside when the weather warms up.