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POUND 9 /B    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 9 /B [POU], P 9 /B [POU]

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 Trinidad and Tobago, International Cocoa Genebank, Trinidad (ICG,T)
List received in 2011   Reference
• Local Name: POUND 9/B [POU]

Pod Index: 25.0 (pods per kg dried beans)
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Colour: dark purple
Shape: elliptical
Number: 47.0
Total Wet Weight: 54.0 g
Cotyledon Dry Weight: 0.85 g
Cotyledon Length: 21.5 mm
Cotyledon Width: 10.1 mm
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Testa: 3.70 %
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Shape: obovate
Basal Constriction: slight
Apex Form: indented
Rugosity: smooth
Length: 169.0 mm
Breadth: 84.0 mm
Colour: anthocyanin absent
Hardness: hard
Note: Hardness > 2.0 Mpa
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Colour: slight anthocyanin
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Distance from Base to Widest Part: 153 mm
Length: 319.0 mm
Width: 115.0 mm
Length to Width Ratio: 2.80
Basal Angle: 123.3 °
Apical Angle: 61.6 °
Petiole Length: 23 mm
Pulvinus Length: 16 mm
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Ligule Colour: anthocyanin absent
Stamen Colour: slight anthocyanin
Sepal Length: 7.85 mm
Ligule Width: 2.24 mm
Ovule Number: 49
Style Length: 2.43 mm
Pedicel Colour: green
 Reference

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.
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 Unpublished data on fruit, bean, flower and flush morphology supplied as an Excel spreadsheet by Frances Bekele.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.
Trinidad - ICGT (1992) Leaf descriptors. Unpublished data supplied on computer diskette by International Cocoa Genebank, Trinidad, University of the West Indies, Trinidad.