Excelsa (Coffea excelsa L.) was discovered around year 1904. This coffee produces coffee beans that are very aromatic in nature, analogous to Coffee Liberica.
Coffea Excelsa is similar to Liberica except for its smoother, thinner and more rounded leaves with smooth edge. The young leaves are usually shiny with bronze-violet color. The flower are large and white, with 4-5 petals. The coffee beans are borne in heavy cluster, varying in size and usually bigger than Arabica but smaller than Liberica. Also berries are ovoid and little compressed having a flat form.
This is one of the types of coffee which can tolerate drought and is very resistant to diseases and pest. Bearing commences after 4-5 years from transplanting. With proper management practices a hectare of this species can yield 1,000kg/year or more of green coffee beans
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