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BREWNO #012 / Coffee botany

Robusta coffee needs multiple clones to fruit

Published 2026-10-12

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The fact

Robusta coffee plants are out-crossing species and require planting multiple different clones together to produce fruit, as a single clone alone cannot set fruit successfully.

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