Coffea liberica
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| Coffea liberica | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Gentianales |
| Family: | Rubiaceae |
| Genus: | Coffea |
| Species: | C. liberica
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| Coffea liberica | |
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Coffea liberica is the third most common species of coffee for commercial production (after Coffea arabica and Coffea canephora ("robusta")). It is a much taller tree than those two, and its beans are also larger.
The two coffee varieties "liberica" and "excelsa" are both considered part of the C. liberica species, but they are different from each other in both genetics and flavor so they're considered distinct kinds of coffee.