Variety
Acaiá
Also called Acaia
A large-bean selection of Mundo Novo from Brazil, grown for its size and steady yields.
- Species
- Coffea arabica
- Lineage
- Mundo Novo selection (IAC, Brazil)
- Stature
- Tall
- Yield
- High
- Bean size
- Large
- Leaf rust
- Susceptible
- Quality
- Good
Where it grows
- Cerrado Mineiro, Brazil
- Mogiana, São Paulo, Brazil
About
Acaiá was selected from Mundo Novo at the Instituto Agronômico de Campinas for its large beans; the name comes from the Tupi for "big seed". The trees are tall and productive, and suit the mechanised farms of the Cerrado Mineiro and São Paulo.