Catimor
Variety of Arabica coffee · Coffea arabica
Rust-resistant, high-yielding cultivar group for low-to-mid altitudes – basis of many modern breeds.
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5🇵🇹 Portugal 1959
Taste & characteristics
Taste
mildbitter
Profile
- Parentage
- Caturra x Timor-Hybrid (HdT 832/1)
- Breeder
- CIFC Portugal / IAC Brasilien
- Pollination
- self-fertile
Description
Fruit
Red cherries. Cup quality is average at low altitude but distinctly better at elevation.
Growth
Compact, very vigorous bush; early bearing and high planting density possible.
Yield
Very high yield. Rust resistance from the Timor Hybrid; can exhaust itself when overbearing.
Notes
An umbrella term for many lines (e.g. in Asia, Central America). Parent line of Castillo, Lempira and others.
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