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POUND 7 /C    Theobroma cacao

 Pound, F.J. (1943)
Cacao and witches' broom disease. Report on a recent visit to the Amazon territory of Peru, September 1942-February 1943. Archives of Cocoa Research 1: pp. 73-91.

Derivation: POUND (collector).
Collected by Pound.
Location: Peru.

Notes:  Chalmers, 1968 [CHA68A] Trees were marked and initial collections made in 1968. Chalmers revisited the area in 1970 (Chalmers, 1970a [CHA70A]), recollecting from some trees and making new collections from newly marked trees. Further collections were made in 1972 (Chalmers, 1972b [CHA72B]).
 

Synonyms: PERU 7 /C [POU], P 7 /C [POU]

'Nanay' Population
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 HELD IN

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List received in 2012   Reference
• Local Name: P - 7 C
List received in 2008   Reference
• Local Name: P7C
List received in 1990   Reference
• Local Name: P 7 /C [POU]
 Solomon Islands, Solomon Islands Plantations Ltd.
List received in 1993   Reference
• Local Name: P 7 /C [POU]
List received in 2011   Reference
• Local Name: POUND 7/C [POU]
List received in 2024   Reference
• Accession: PI 668481     GRIN-Global 
   - Local Name: POUND 7/C Fld 6B
   - Year of Accession: 2008

Pod Index: 22.3 (pods per kg dried beans)
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Colour: dark purple
Shape: ovate
Number: 44.0
Total Wet Weight: 64.1 g
Cotyledon Dry Weight: 1.02 g
Cotyledon Length: 22.6 mm
Cotyledon Width: 12.4 mm
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Acc: PI 668481
Number: 36.6
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Testa: 4.40 %
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Shape: obovate
Basal Constriction: moderate
Apex Form: obtuse
Rugosity: moderate
Length: 175.0 mm
Breadth: 85.0 mm
Colour: anthocyanin absent
Hardness: hard
Note: Hardness > 2.0 Mpa
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Acc: PI 668481
Length: 144.0 mm
Breadth: 72.0 mm
Weight: 322.6 g
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Colour: slight anthocyanin
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Distance from Base to Widest Part: 154 mm
Length: 328.0 mm
Width: 115.0 mm
Length to Width Ratio: 2.90
Basal Angle: 120.5 °
Apical Angle: 58.9 °
Petiole Length: 18 mm
Pulvinus Length: 15 mm
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Ligule Colour: slight anthocyanin
Stamen Colour: intense anthocyanin
Sepal Length: 6.83 mm
Ligule Width: 2.77 mm
Ovule Number: 56
Style Length: 2.25 mm
Pedicel Colour: green
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Pound, F.J. (1943) Cacao and witches' broom disease. Report on a recent visit to the Amazon territory of Peru, September 1942-February 1943. Archives of Cocoa Research 1: pp. 73-91.
Motamayor, J.C., Lachenaud, P., da Silva e Mota, J.W., Loor, R., Kuhn, D.N., Brown, J.S. & Schnell, R.J. (2008) Geographic and Genetic Population Differentiation of the Amazonian Chocolate Tree (Theobroma cacao L). PLoS ONE 3(10): e3311. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0003311
EET - Pichilingue (2012) Accessions planted in EET - Pichilingue, Ecuador. Freddy Amores and Ignacio Sotomayor C, personal communication, February 2012.
Haeser, E. (2008) Accession list for Bah Lias Research Station, PT.PP. London Sumatra, Indonesia. Personal communication, March 2010.
Malaysia - ARC Tuaran (1990) List of clones held in the Dept. of Agriculture's collection, at Sabah, Tuaran, Malaysia. E.B. Tay, Malaysian Cocoa Board, Malaysia. Personal Communication.
Soloman Islands - S.I. Plantns (1993) Inventory of Soloman Islands Plantations Ltd. Unpublished report, Soloman Islands Plantations Ltd, Soloman Islands, p.1.
CRU (2011) ICG,T accessions. CRU website.
USDA, ARS Tropical Agriculture Research Station, Mayaguez, Puerto Rico. (2024) List of cocoa accessions held at Mayaguez in September 2024. USDA-ARS GRIN-Global. [Online Database] National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
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.
Trinidad - ICGT (1992) Leaf descriptors. Unpublished data supplied on computer diskette by International Cocoa Genebank, Trinidad, University of the West Indies, Trinidad.