Excelsa (Coffea dewevrei / C. liberica var. dewevrei)

Also Coffea excelsa, Coffea liberica var. dewevrei, Kisansa coffee, Shari coffee

Excelsa is the central and east African member of the Liberica group, long filed as Coffea liberica var. dewevrei and now proposed as its own species, C. dewevrei, on genomic evidence. It is a large tree with small fruit relative to Liberica proper, grown in Uganda, South Sudan, Guinea, India and Vietnam, and attracting attention because it crops under higher temperatures and longer dry spells than robusta. Field observations report low leaf-rust incidence and little or no coffee berry disease; its seeds are smaller than Liberica's.

Liberica Other Rust tolerant

Parents
0
Descendants
0
Countries grown
8
Traits published
8of 14

Lineage

No parent or descendant is recorded for Excelsa (Coffea dewevrei / C. liberica var. dewevrei) in this atlas: it is treated as a root of its own line.

Proposed species C. dewevrei (Davis et al. 2025); hybridises with C. liberica, and many planted trees are admixed.

Traits

This atlas's own table
Species
Liberica
Genetic group
Other
Stature
Tall
Leaf tip
not published
Bean size
not published
Yield
not published
Leaf rust
Tolerant
Coffee berry disease
Tolerant
Nematodes
not published
Best altitude
Low
Cup quality
distinct from arabica; under development
Released
not published
Breeder or selector
not published
Origin
Central African Republic

Countries grown

UgandaSouth SudanGuineaIndiaVietnamPhilippinesIndonesiaCentral African Republic

Germplasm accessions

  • USDA-NPGS GRIN-Globalrecord

    taxon 409466 (9 accessions, 0 active)