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CRU 37    Theobroma cacao

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

Notes:  Selections made from Trinidad populations.
 

 HELD IN

 Ghana, Cocoa Research Institute of Ghana (CRIG)
List received in 2012   Reference
• Local Name: CRU37
List received in 2011   Reference
• Local Name: CRU 37

Susceptible, sp. P. palmivora (Pod).
Note: Unripe, Unattached and not wounded
 Iwaro, D., 1998

Pod Index: 23.9 (pods per kg dried beans)
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Colour: dark purple
Shape: elliptical
Number: 37.0
Total Wet Weight: 69.1 g
Cotyledon Dry Weight: 1.13 g
Cotyledon Length: 24.8 mm
Cotyledon Width: 12.5 mm
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Testa: 5.40 %
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Shape: elliptical
Basal Constriction: strong
Apex Form: acute
Rugosity: slight
Length: 171.0 mm
Breadth: 88.0 mm
Colour: anthocyanin absent
Hardness: soft
Note: Hardness <= 1.6 Mpa
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Colour: moderate anthocyanin
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Ligule Colour: slight anthocyanin
Stamen Colour: slight anthocyanin
Sepal Length: 8.07 mm
Ligule Width: 2.35 mm
Ovule Number: 47
Style Length: 2.23 mm
Pedicel Colour: reddish
 Reference

CRIG (2012) Cocoa accessions held in the Cocoa Research Institute of Ghana (CRIG). Francis Kwame Padi, personal communication, February 2012.
CRU (2011) ICG,T accessions. CRU website.
Iwaro, D. (1998) Evalation of accessions for Black Pod. Personal Communication 30th October 1998. Data sent by email from Dr. Iwaro.
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 Unpublished data on fruit, bean, flower and flush morphology supplied as an Excel spreadsheet by Frances Bekele.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.