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CRU 99    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 99

Pod Index: 46.6 (pods per kg dried beans)
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Colour: dark purple
Shape: elliptical
Number: 29.0
Total Wet Weight: 29.5 g
Cotyledon Dry Weight: 0.74 g
Cotyledon Length: 17.4 mm
Cotyledon Width: 12.3 mm
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Testa: 5.40 %
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Shape: elliptical
Basal Constriction: slight
Apex Form: indented
Rugosity: slight
Length: 131.0 mm
Breadth: 67.0 mm
Colour: anthocyanin absent
Hardness: soft
Note: Hardness <= 1.6 Mpa
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Colour: moderate anthocyanin
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Ligule Colour: intense anthocyanin
Stamen Colour: moderate anthocyanin
Sepal Length: 6.36 mm
Ligule Width: 2.29 mm
Ovule Number: 44
Style Length: 2.01 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 Unpublished data on fruit, bean, flower and flush morphology supplied as an Excel spreadsheet by Frances Bekele.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.