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AGU 2 [CHA]    Theobroma cacao

 Chalmers, W.S. (1972)
INIAP-UWI expedition to collect Theobroma cacao in the Oriente region of Ecuador-June 25th-August 10th 1972. Unpublished Report. Cocoa Research Unit, University of the West Indies, Trinidad. pp. 16.

Derivation: AGUarico.
Collected by INIAP/UWI Chalmers.
Location: R. Aguarico, Ecuador.

Notes:  Chalmers, 1972b [CHA72B] Material collected on the R. Aguarico in the Ecuadorian Oriente.
 

Synonyms: AGUARICO 2 [CHA], EQX 2 [AGU]

Location: R. Aguarico, Oriente, Ecuador (primary forest)
Date: July 1972
Coordinates: 76.30 W, 0.20 S
Material collected: Budwood
Notes: Eno S bank
Expedition Code: 72CH
   Chalmers, W.S., 1972

 HELD IN

 Trinidad and Tobago, International Cocoa Genebank, Trinidad (ICG,T)
List received in 2011   Reference
• Local Name: AGU 2 [CHA]

Pod Index: 33.2 (pods per kg dried beans)
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Colour: dark purple
Shape: elliptical
Number: 43.0
Total Wet Weight: 46.8 g
Cotyledon Dry Weight: 0.70 g
Cotyledon Length: 18.8 mm
Cotyledon Width: 11.0 mm
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Testa: 6.30 %
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Shape: oblong
Basal Constriction: strong
Apex Form: attenuate
Rugosity: moderate
Length: 180.0 mm
Breadth: 72.0 mm
Colour: anthocyanin absent
Hardness: moderate
Note: Hardness > 1.6 and <= 2.0 Mpa
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Colour: moderate anthocyanin
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Ligule Colour: moderate anthocyanin
Stamen Colour: anthocyanin absent
Sepal Length: 9.61 mm
Ligule Width: 2.28 mm
Ovule Number: 45
Style Length: 2.51 mm
Pedicel Colour: red
 Reference

Chalmers, W.S. (1972) INIAP-UWI expedition to collect Theobroma cacao in the Oriente region of Ecuador-June 25th-August 10th 1972. Unpublished Report. Cocoa Research Unit, University of the West Indies, Trinidad. pp. 16.
CRU (2011) ICG,T accessions. CRU website.
Frances Bekele & Gillian Bidaisee (2022) Morphological data from the International Cocoa Collection (ICG,T) maintained by the Cocoa Research Centre (CRC), Trinidad & Tobago. Unpublished data on fruit, bean, flower and flush morphology supplied as an Excel spreadsheet by Frances Bekele. Last update March 2022.