13 Facts About Coffea charrieriana

Coffea charrieriana, known as Charrier coffee, is a species of flowering plant from the Coffea genus.

Coffea charrieriana is classified under the Rubiaceae family and the genus of Coffea.

Coffea charrieriana was discovered in 2008 and the findings were published in a paper named “A new caffeine-free coffee from Cameroon” to the Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society.

Coffea charrieriana's work included leading the coffee breeding research and collection at Institute Research for Development for the last 30 years of the 20th century.

Coffea charrieriana held a position at the French Office of Genetic Resources from 1988 to 1993.

Coffea charrieriana is currently working as the director of research at National Institute for Agricultural Research, focusing on plant genetics and breeding.

The C charrieriana has small and thin leaves that are elliptical in frame.

The C charrieriana possesses a corolla tube, style, two lobed stigma, anther and anther filament.

The C charrieriana had the lowest polyunsaturated fatty acid content and 0.

Coffea charrieriana has the largest chloroplast genome within the Coffea genus.

The difficulty in grouping C charrieriana is likely the result of ancient hybridisation between the C charrieriana and a Psilanthus chloroplast, leading to a mixed genome.

The C charrieriana can be used in plant hybridization as the theobromine can be transferable between breeds, allowing caffeine concentration to be altered when crossed with a species containing caffeine.

Seeds from the C charrieriana are currently being developed to become the first naturally caffeine-free coffee available on the market, this bean being coined the name Decaffito by Brazilian developers.