Catuaí
Variety of Arabica coffee · Coffea arabica
Compact, high-yielding Brazilian cultivar with strong cherry retention – red and yellow forms.
Also known as: Catuai Vermelho, Catuai Amarelo
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5🇧🇷 Brazil 1972
Taste & characteristics
Taste
mildsweetaromatic
Profile
- Parentage
- Mundo Novo x Caturra
- Breeder
- Instituto Agronômico de Campinas (IAC)
- Pollination
- self-fertile
Description
Fruit
Red (Vermelho) or yellow (Amarelo) cherries that cling firmly to the branch – suited to mechanical or wind-exposed sites.
Growth
Small and compact (Caturra dwarf gene) yet more vigorous and robust than pure Caturra.
Yield
High, reliable yield over many years; good adaptation to varying altitudes.
Notes
Rust-susceptible. The most-planted cultivar in Brazil and Central America.
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