Ethiopian landraces ('heirloom')

Also Ethiopian heirloom, Core Ethiopia, regional landraces

'Heirloom' is a trade label for the uncatalogued local arabica populations grown across Ethiopia's forest, semi-forest and garden coffee systems, the species' centre of origin. Genetically they form a 'Core Ethiopia' group distinct from the narrow Yemeni-derived Typica and Bourbon lineages, and they keep the open, vigorous, long-internode canopy of the wild type. Named local landraces (Kurume, Wolisho, Dega and others) and JARC's numbered selections are drawn from this pool.

Arabica Ethiopian landrace

Parents
0
Descendants
6
Countries grown
1
Traits published
5of 14

Lineage

Ethiopian landraces ('heirloom')CasiopeaEsperanzaMilenio (H10)Mundo Maya (EC16)Sln.9Starmaya
descendants to the right. Each name links to its own record; lineage comes from breeding records and genetic studies cited on each page.

Wild and semi-wild populations in south-west Ethiopia and South Sudan are the primary centre of diversity; cultivated Typica/Bourbon trace to a Yemeni bottleneck.

Traits

This atlas's own table
Species
Arabica
Genetic group
Ethiopian landrace
Stature
Tall
Leaf tip
not published
Bean size
not published
Yield
not published
Leaf rust
not published
Coffee berry disease
not published
Nematodes
not published
Best altitude
not published
Cup quality
often exceptional; the source of most prized flavour profiles
Released
not published
Breeder or selector
not published
Origin
Ethiopia

Countries grown

Ethiopia

Germplasm accessions

No public germplasm accession recorded.