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LA ESMIDA AMARILLO    Theobroma cacao

 Morera, J., Paredes, A. & Mora, A. (1991)
Germoplasma de cacao en el CATIE entre 1947 y 1991, Programa II: Generacion y transferencia de tecnologia. IICA, San Jose, Costa Rica, pp. 49.

Derivation: LA ESMIDA pentagona AMARILLO.
Location: Tabasco, Mexico.

Synonyms: LA ESMIDA PENTA /AMARILLO, LA ESMIDA A, ESMIDA, ESMIDA A, LA ESMIDA, LEPM /AMARILLO, PENT AMARILLA /AMARILLO

Bartley, 1997b [BAR97B] Material held at CATIE is likely to be the same as the material held at Tafo, Ghana called LA ESMIDA PENTA / AMARILLO.

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 Costa Rica, Centro Agronómico Tropical de Investigación y Enseñanza (CATIE)
List received in 2018   Reference
• Accession: 10345
   - Local Name: La Esmida amarilla
   - Year of Accession: 1979

Susceptible, 100.00 % Infection
Note: External Severety = 5.0 and Internal Severety = 5.0
 Phillips, W., 1997

Seed Index: 62.1 (dried beans per 100g)
Productivity: very low - low
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Colour Dark Purple: Absent
Colour Light Purple: Present
Colour Grey: Absent
Colour White: Absent
Colour Mottled: Absent
Number: 25.6
Maximum Number: 35
Cotyledon Wet Weight: 2.74 g
Cotyledon Dry Weight: 1.61 g
Cotyledon Length: 26.0 mm
Cotyledon Width: 15.7 mm
Cotyledon Thickness: 10.4 mm
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Basal Constriction: absent
Apex Form: obtuse
Rugosity: moderate
Husk Thickness: 10.95 mm (14.1 - 7.8)
Length: 171.0 mm
Breadth: 95.0 mm
Colour: high - intense / absent anthocyanin (ridge/furrow)
Weight: 715.0 g
Pods Per Tree: 2
Hardness: moderate
Length Breadth Ratio: 1.80
Note: ratio of distances between ridges within a pair and between ridges of two different pairs = 0.61
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Shape: amelonado
Colour: green
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Colour: greyish green
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Ligule Colour: slight anthocyanin (apical)
Stamen Colour: slight anthocyanin
Sepal Colour: greyish green
Sepal Width: 2.20 mm
Sepal Length: 7.70 mm
Ligule Length: 8.80 mm
Ligule Width: 3.10 mm
Ovary Colour: slight anthocyanin (apical)
Ovary Width: 1.10 mm
Ovary Length: 1.40 mm
Style Length: 2.20 mm
Staminode Length: 7.70 mm
Pedicel Colour: pale red
Note: Translation of Methuen colour codes.
 Reference

Morera, J., Paredes, A. & Mora, A. (1991) Germoplasma de cacao en el CATIE entre 1947 y 1991, Programa II: Generacion y transferencia de tecnologia. IICA, San Jose, Costa Rica, pp. 49.
Allan Mata (2018) Accession list for the International Cacao Collection at CATIE (IC3). Personal communication.
Phillips, W. (1997) Results of the artificial inoculation of Moniliophthora rorei using the Aspersion method. Unpublished data supplied by W. Phillips, CATIE, Costa Rica. Personal communication
Costa Rica - CATIE (1981) Genetic Resources of Cacao. A Catalogue of the CATIE Collection. J.M.M. Engels, Tropical Agricultural Research and Training Centre, CATIE, Turrialba, Costa Rica. Technical Bulletin No. 7: pp. 191.