Coffee plant
Coffea arabica
Also called Arabica coffee
Houseplant · Trees & big statementsIt will not fruit indoors for three or four years, and only then in real humidity. Grow it for the glossy leaves and treat a cherry as a bonus.
Care at a glance
- Ease
- Hard
- Water
- Every 6 daysDrench and drain — water the whole surface until it runs from the holes.
- Light
- Bright indirect
- Feed
- Every 30 days
- Humidity
- High
- Hardiness
- Indoors, or out in high summer RHS H1B, to 10°C
- Size
- 1.8 m tall · 1 m across
- Lifecycle
- Shrub
- Origin
- Ethiopia
Is it safe for pets and people?
PetsToxic to pets
No animal-poison authority lists this plant. Flagged unsafe on a people-toxicity source, which is the cautious reading rather than a checked one.
PeopleNot checked yet
Nobody has checked this one against a source for us yet, so treat it as unknown rather than safe.
Checked against ASPCA and RHS on 2026-07-31. Where a source says nothing, we say nothing.
A guide, not veterinary or medical advice. If a pet or a person has eaten a plant and you are worried, call your vet or doctor now — don’t wait for signs to appear. Spotted a mistake? Tell us.
First signs of trouble
- A thin, even brown band all the way round the leaf edge while the middle stays green — dry air, and it does not recover on that leaf.Leaf edge scorch · disorder
- A sticky gloss along the top of a leaf, cast down from the stem above it, before any bump is obvious.Scale insect · pest