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ALMEIDA [CLO]    Theobroma cacao

 Bondar, G. (1938)
A new variety of cacao: Almeida Cacao. Bulletin Officiel de l'Office International du Cacao et du Chocolat 8: pp. 87-89.

Derivation: Snr. ALMEIDA.
Collected by M.Pereira de Almeida.
Location: R. Una, Bahia, Brazil.

(Bartley, 1993a) [BAR93A]. Leaf - unpigmented. Flower - unpigmented. Seed - unpigmented. (Bondar, 1938) [BON38A]. Flower - petals and stamens are greenish white with no trace of the typical purple tint. Fruit - typical Para type, green ripening to yellow, relatively short, smooth, shallow furrows, apex thick and rounded, hard husk. Seed - white like the seed of the breadfruit tree.

Notes:  Reyes et al., 1973 [REY73A] An old code for some Ocumare Criollos.
 

Synonyms: ALMEIDA /CLONE [CLO]

 Mother to:
ALMEIDA [SEM]    Brazil - CEPEC, 1987
DE 76    Bartley, B.G.D., 1997

 HELD IN

 Brazil, Comissão Executiva do Plano da Lavoura Cacaueira/Centro de Pesquisas do Cacau (CEPLAC/CEPEC)
List received in 2012   Reference
• Accession: 362
   - Local Name: ALMEIDA
   - Year of Accession: 1981

Bondar, G. (1938) A new variety of cacao: Almeida Cacao. Bulletin Officiel de l'Office International du Cacao et du Chocolat 8: pp. 87-89.
Brazil - CEPEC (1987) List of clones in the CEPEC, Bahia, Brazil collection. Computer printout from CEPEC. Supplied by B.G.D. Bartley, CEPEC, Brazil.
Bartley, B.G.D. (1997) List of "DE" (polyembryonic) progenies cultured at UWI. B.G.D Bartley. Personal Communications.
CEPEC (2012) Accession list for the CEPEC (Bahia, Brazil) collection. Dr. José Luis Pires, personal communication, February 2012.