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CRU 21    Theobroma cacao

Derivation: Cocoa Research Unit.
Location: ICGT, Trinidad and Tobago.

Notes:  Selections made from Trinidad populations.
 

 HELD IN

 Trinidad and Tobago, International Cocoa Genebank, Trinidad (ICG,T)
List received in 2011   Reference
• Local Name: CRU 21

Pod Index: 20.7 (pods per kg dried beans)
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Colour: dark purple
Shape: elliptical
Number: 47.0
Total Wet Weight: 71.2 g
Cotyledon Dry Weight: 1.03 g
Cotyledon Length: 23.0 mm
Cotyledon Width: 12.0 mm
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Testa: 5.70 %
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Shape: obovate
Basal Constriction: moderate
Apex Form: mammillate
Rugosity: slight
Length: 166.0 mm
Breadth: 87.0 mm
Colour: anthocyanin absent
Hardness: hard
Note: Hardness > 2.0 Mpa
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Colour: slight anthocyanin
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Ligule Colour: intense anthocyanin
Stamen Colour: intense anthocyanin
Sepal Length: 7.33 mm
Ligule Width: 2.68 mm
Ovule Number: 55
Style Length: 2.44 mm
Pedicel Colour: reddish
 Reference

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 Unpublished data on fruit, bean, flower and flush morphology supplied as an Excel spreadsheet by Frances Bekele.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.