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Charrier coffee, (Coffea charrieriana), species of coffee plant (genus Coffea, family Rubiaceae) found in Central Africa that was the first discovered to produce caffeine-free beans (seeds). Endemic to the Bakossi Forest Reserve in western Cameroon, the plant inhabits steep rocky slopes of wet rainforests. Charrier coffee was first collected in 1983; however, it was first described scientifically in 2008 after a morphological study discovered that it did not conform to descriptions of known Coffea species. The plant is named after André Charrier, a French botanist and geneticist known for his extensive work in coffee breeding and research. Charrier coffee is ...(100 of 171 words)

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