Coffee plants propagate by seeding or by cuttings, and it takes four years before having a fully ripened plant ready to produces its fruits (called cherries). Arabica flowers pollinate themselves (autogamy process) while Robusta flowers are pollinate by insects flying from flower to flower.
The coffee flower produces a drupe (or stone fruit) that’s very similar to a cherry. Inside this cherry there are two oval seeds that have a flat side crossed by a little rut.
Coffee plant have a continuous cherries production: usually after every cloudburst the flowers appear on the plant and after 7/9 months cherries are ready. Because of this process, during year’s height of cloudburst, it’s very typical to have plants loaded of cherries in different maturation status.