Due to this discovery, the wild relative of Coffea arabica is now classed as endangered.

Phenolic compounds are involved in plant response to environmental conditions and are highly present in leaves of Coffea arabica L., originally an understory shrub.

In the mid-21st century, rising global temperatures have endangered Coffea Arabica in its indigenous habitats, giving rise to geographically distributed stockpiles and hardier mutant strains.