Biological resource centre for perennial plants in French Guiana
Last update: 20 September 2022
The conservation of coffee, cocoa and hevea collections provides French territory with the natural varieties or CIRAD varieties required for selection and development programs for these species in support of the plant sectors.
Come and visit the Perennial Plant Biological Resource Center and understand its activity.
Last update: 20 September 2022
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The Pointe Combi rubber collection in French Guiana comprises 869 accessions on 3.5 hectares. It is composed of rubber clones selected over several decades in natural rubber-producing countries, particularly in Asia and Côte d'Ivoire (IRCA clones), clones from surveys in Amazonia (Rondonia, Accre, Mato Grosso) and clones from the CIRAD-Michelin-Brazil project, as well as progenies used in CIRAD's rubber genetics work. This collection is characterized by its good representability of the species' diversity. -
A collection of coffee trees for exchange, genetic research and development has been installed in Combi. -
This important collection (510 entries) ranks high among those listed in the International Cocoa Germplasm Database (ICGD). It is the reference collection for spontaneous material from Guyana (genetic group "Guiana"; free progenies and clones GU, KER, Borne 7, PINA, ELP, YAL and OYA) and contains some rare or very rare clones (IFCC selections, IRCC selections, Ghana selections, 1986 Venezuelan survey, LCT-EEN clones, EBC). It also contains representatives of some species related to cocoa (T. speciosum, T. subincanum, T. grandiflorum and Herrania spp.).