Coffee Agroforestry Information

Coffee System

Arabica

Coffee Impact

Unknown

Cultivation

Planted

Natural

Tree Management

Propagated by seeds and cuttings. It is fast-growing and has a high regrowth capacity.

Tree Benefits and Uses

Farmer Uses

Fuelwood
Lumber
Medicinal
Ornamental
Product

Used to treat certain diseases and to adorn and/or decorate spaces. Used as firewood. Used in traditional constructions in coffee-growing areas, for fences, tool handles, poles, crops support, and handicrafts.

Farm Services

Coffee Shade
Erosion Control
Reforestation
Water Protection

Light shade. Soil conservation and recovery of degraded areas. Used for water protection and decontamination. Due to its rapid growth and the fact that its leaves allow seeds of other trees to germinate, it promotes other plants development in restoration processes. Useful in managing eroded areas.

Biodiversity Benefits

Yes

Attracts biological control agents, Attracts pollinators. Melliferous plant: visited mainly by beetles (Coleoptera) and bees (Hymenoptera), including Apis mellifera. For this reason, in some areas, it has been plantedin order to to promote beekeeping production.

Citations

Plants of the World Online (POWO). (2024). Plants of the World Online. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet. Retrieved from http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org/; International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). (2024). IUCN Red List. Published on the Internet. Retrieved from https://www.iucnredlist.org/; Fern, Ken (2024). Tropical Plants Database. Published on the Internet. Retrieved from https://tropical.theferns.info/; Universidad EIA. (2024). Catálogo virtual de Flora del Valle de Aburrá. Published on the Internet. Retrieved from https://catalogofloravalleaburra.eia.edu.co/; World Flora Online. (2024). World Flora Online. Published on the Internet. Retrieved from https://www.worldfloraonline.org/; Universidad Nacional de Colombia. (2024). Nombres Comunes de las Plantasde Colombia. Published on the Internet. Retrieved from http://www.biovirtual.unal.edu.co/nombrescomunes/es/; Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF). (2024). GBIF. Published on the Internet. Retrieved from https://www.gbif.org/es/ Sistema de Información sobre Biodiversidad de Colombia (SIB) (2024). Catálogo de la Biodiversidad. Retrieved from: https://catalogo.biodiversidad.co/ Jardín Botánico de Bogotá (2024) Nombres comunes plantas Bogotá. Published on the Internet. Retrieved from https://nombrescomunes.jbb.gov.co/site/index Espinosa, R., & López, A. M. (2019). Árboles nativos importantes para la conservación de la biodiversidad. Cenicafé. https://doi.org/10.38141/cenbook-0004 Giraldo P, Laina A, López JH, Aguirre JF, Toro J. (2009). Café, una alternativa para la Conservación. Wildlife Conservation Society, WWF Colombia, Asociación Red Colombiana de Reservas Naturales de la Sociedad Civil, Federación Nacional de Cafeteros de Colombia

Miconia lacera

Mortiño lanudo, nigüito, tuno

Myrcia popayanensis

Arrayán, Arrayán comestible, Arrayana, Arrayancito, Guayabo blanco