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Sudan Rume
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Sudan Rume (also Rume Sudan) is a wild-derived Coffea arabica accession from the Ethiopia–Sudan border region, conserved in research collections and prized as a parent for cup quality in modern breeding. Pure Sudan Rume is tall, relatively low yielding, and highly regarded for floral, complex, and tea-like specialty cups. It appears in F1 hybrid programmes and small specialty plantings rather than bulk commodity acreage. Geneticists value its contribution to flavour potential; farmers treat pure stands as high-maintenance, high-reward cultivars needing altitude, nutrition, and careful processing.
Also known as: Rume Sudan, Sudan Rume, Sudan Rume, Sudan Rume
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Arabica material later known as Rume Sudan was collected from wild or semi-wild stands near the Boma Plateau region.
Research stations conserved Sudan Rume in germplasm banks for breeding and evaluation worldwide.
Breeders used Sudan Rume as a quality parent in hybrid crosses aiming to combine flavour with productivity.
Specialty producers planted pure Sudan Rume in small plots for exceptional competition and microlot coffees.
F1 hybrids listing Sudan Rume parentage became prominent in Central American specialty agronomy.