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AGU 3339 /8 [CHA]    Theobroma cacao

 Chalmers, W.S. (1972)
INIAP-UWI expedition to collect Theobroma cacao in the Oriente region of Ecuador-June 25th-August 10th 1972. Unpublished Report. Cocoa Research Unit, University of the West Indies, Trinidad. pp. 16.

Derivation: AGUarico.
Collected by INIAP/UWI Chalmers.
Location: R. Aguarico, Ecuador.

Notes:  Chalmers, 1972b [CHA72B] Material collected on the R. Aguarico in the Ecuadorian Oriente.
 

Synonyms: EQX 3339 /8 [CHA], AGUARICO 3339 /8 [CHA], EQX 3339 /8 [A], EQX 3339 /8 [AGU], EQ 3339 /8, EQX 3339 /8 [B], EQX 3339 /8 [J], EQX 3339 /8 [T], EQX 3339 /8 [U], EQX 3339 /8 [V], EQX 3339 /8 [W], EQX 3339 /8 [Z], EQX A 3339 /8, EQX B 3339 /8, EQX C 3339 /8, EQX J 3339 /8, EQX T 3339 /8, EQX U 3339 /8, EQX V 3339 /8, EQX W 3339 /8

Location: R. Aguarico, Oriente, Ecuador (cultivated land)
Date: April 1970
Coordinates: 77.10 W, 0.10 S
Material collected: Seed
Altitude: 340 m
Notes: Santa Cecilia, farm of Sra Ajon
Expedition Code: 70CH
   Chalmers, W.S., 1970

 HELD IN

 Trinidad and Tobago, International Cocoa Genebank, Trinidad (ICG,T)
List received in 2011   Reference
• Local Name: AGU 3339/8 [CHA]

Pod Index: 18.8 (pods per kg dried beans)
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Colour: purple
Shape: elliptical
Number: 33.0
Total Wet Weight: 77.1 g
Cotyledon Dry Weight: 1.61 g
Cotyledon Length: 24.6 mm
Cotyledon Width: 14.4 mm
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Testa: 5.00 %
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Shape: elliptical
Basal Constriction: moderate
Apex Form: indented
Rugosity: intense
Length: 195.0 mm
Breadth: 105.0 mm
Colour: moderate anthocyanin
Hardness: moderate
Note: Hardness > 1.6 and <= 2.0 Mpa
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Colour: anthocyanin absent
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Ligule Colour: anthocyanin absent
Stamen Colour: anthocyanin absent
Sepal Length: 8.34 mm
Ligule Width: 1.96 mm
Ovule Number: 36
Style Length: 2.77 mm
Pedicel Colour: reddish
 Reference

Chalmers, W.S. (1972) INIAP-UWI expedition to collect Theobroma cacao in the Oriente region of Ecuador-June 25th-August 10th 1972. Unpublished Report. Cocoa Research Unit, University of the West Indies, Trinidad. pp. 16.
Chalmers, W.S. (1970) Report on the collection of Theobroma cacao in the Oriente region of Ecuador. March-May 1970. Unpublished Report. Cocoa Research Unit, University of the West Indies, Trinidad. pp. 20.
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.