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ELP 40 B    Theobroma cacao

 Trinidad - CRU (1995)
Cocoa Research Unit. Report for 1995. The University of the West Indies.

Derivation: ELePoussing river.
Collected by Lachenaud/Mooleedhar.
Location: R. Elepoussing, French Guiana.

Lachenaud et al (1997) [LAC97A] All are self incompatible.

Notes:  Trinidad - CRU, 1995 [CRU95A] 1995 CIRAD/CRU collecting expedition.
 

Location: R. Elepoussing, Haut Oyapock, French Guiana (primary forest)
Date: April 1995
Coordinates: 52.56 W, 2.18 N
Material collected: Seed
Notes: Few kms upstream of Boko Falls to Camrouze Falls, right bank
Expedition Code: 95GU
   Trinidad - CRU, 1995
   Lachenaud, P. et al., 1997

 Parents:
ELP 40  x Unknown

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List received in 2018   Reference
• Accession: 22041
   - Local Name: ELP-40B
   - Year of Accession: 2006
 France, CIRAD (Centre de Coopération Internationale en Researche Agronomique pour le Développment)
List received in 2012   Reference
• Local Name: ELP 40 B
List received in 2012   Reference
• Local Name: ELP 40 B

Susceptible, sp. P. megakarya (Leaf Disc Test).
Note: Described as Very Susceptible. Mean of lesion score = 3.61. Population Euleupousing
 Paulin, D. et al., 2008

Pod Index: 36.1 (pods per kg dried beans)
 Reference

Colour: dark purple
Shape: elliptical
Number: 36.0
Total Wet Weight: 39.5 g
Cotyledon Dry Weight: 0.77 g
Cotyledon Length: 20.7 mm
Cotyledon Width: 11.7 mm
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Testa: 5.20 %
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Shape: elliptical
Basal Constriction: moderate
Apex Form: mammillate
Rugosity: moderate
Length: 119.0 mm
Breadth: 73.0 mm
Colour: anthocyanin absent
 Reference

Colour: moderate anthocyanin
 Reference

Ligule Colour: moderate anthocyanin
Stamen Colour: slight anthocyanin
Sepal Length: 6.71 mm
Ligule Width: 2.38 mm
Ovule Number: 35
Style Length: 2.22 mm
Pedicel Colour: reddish
 Reference

Trinidad - CRU (1995) Cocoa Research Unit. Report for 1995. The University of the West Indies.
Lachenaud, P., Mooleedhar, V. & Couturier, C. (1997) Les cacaoyers spontanes de Guyane, nouvelles prospections. Plantations, Recherche, Developpment, Janvier-Fevrier, pp. 25-32.
Allan Mata (2018) Accession list for the International Cacao Collection at CATIE (IC3). Personal communication.
Philippe Lachenaud (2012) CIRAD Montpellier Clone List (Excel Spreadsheet). Data supplied to ICGD by email. Dr. Philippe Lachenaud, CIRAD Montpellier, France, January 2012.
Philippe Lachenaud (2012) F. Guiana database, CIRAD-CP. Data supplied to ICGD by email. Dr. Philippe Lachenaud, CIRAD Montpellier, France, January 2012.
Paulin, D., Ducamp, M. & Lachenaud, P. (2008) New sources of resistance to Phytophthora megakarya identified in wild cocoa tree populations of French Guiana. Crop Protection. 27: pp 1143–1147.
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.