Variety
Arara
A yellow-fruited Brazilian variety from Obatã and Yellow Catuaí, with resistance to leaf rust and big harvests.
- Species
- Coffea arabica (with Robusta genes)
- Lineage
- Obatã × Yellow Catuaí (Fundação Procafé, Brazil)
- Stature
- Short
- Yield
- Very high
- Fruit colour
- Yellow
- Leaf rust
- Resistant
- Quality
- Good
Where it grows
- Sul de Minas, Brazil
- Cerrado Mineiro, Brazil
About
Arara came from a cross of Obatã and Yellow Catuaí selected by Fundação Procafé in Minas Gerais. It is short enough for close planting and machine harvesting, ripens yellow, and carries Obatã's resistance to leaf rust from the Timor Hybrid.
Brazilian farmers took to it quickly for its yields, and lots of Arara have done well in Brazil's Cup of Excellence.