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The Coffee plant is a small, broadleaf evergreen shrub or small tree in the Rubiaceae family with an upright habit and typically grown in tropical climates of its native Africa. Three to four years after initial planting, small white fragrant blooms will appear from late spring to early summer. The beans you brew are actually the processed and roasted seeds from a fruit, which is called a coffee cherry. The coffee cherry's outer skin is called the exocarp. Beneath it is the mesocarp, a thin layer of pulp, followed by a slimy layer called the parenchyma. The arabica coffee plant is a small tree that is between 2m and 8m tall and has evergreen, usually shiny leaves. The flowers are white and sweetly scented, and the fruits are red, but sometimes yellow or purple. Each fruit produces two green seeds, which are commonly known as coffee beans.