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CRU 138    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 138

Pod Index: 15.8 (pods per kg dried beans)
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Colour: purple
Shape: ovate
Number: 47.0
Total Wet Weight: 95.6 g
Cotyledon Dry Weight: 1.35 g
Cotyledon Length: 27.0 mm
Cotyledon Width: 13.8 mm
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Testa: 5.60 %
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Shape: elliptical
Basal Constriction: moderate
Apex Form: obtuse
Rugosity: moderate
Length: 182.0 mm
Breadth: 92.0 mm
Colour: slight anthocyanin
Hardness: hard
Note: Hardness > 2.0 Mpa
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Colour: slight anthocyanin
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Ligule Colour: intense anthocyanin
Stamen Colour: slight anthocyanin
Sepal Length: 7.27 mm
Ligule Width: 2.88 mm
Ovule Number: 47
Style Length: 2.39 mm
Pedicel Colour: red
 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 Unpublished data on fruit, bean, flower and flush morphology supplied as an Excel spreadsheet by Frances Bekele.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.