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MATINA 2 /8    Theobroma cacao

 Pittier, H. (1902)
Las variedades del cacaotero cultivadas en la zona Atlantica de Costa Rica. Boletin del Instituto Fisico-Geografico de Costa Rica, 18: pp. 121-124.

Location: Matina/R. Matina, Costa Rica.

Notes:  Type grown in Costa Rica.

Bartley, 1993a [BAR93A]. Pittier, 1902a [PIT02A] states that MATINA refers to the Criollo type that was first cultivated in the area. MATINITA refers to introduced material with Amelonado shaped pods of Amazon type. However, Soria says MATINA refers to the introduced Amazon material with Amelonado pods.


 

Synonyms: MATI 2 /8

 HELD IN

 Trinidad and Tobago, International Cocoa Genebank, Trinidad (ICG,T)
List received in 2011   Reference
• Local Name: MATINA 2/8

Pod Index: 26.6 (pods per kg dried beans)
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Colour: purple
Shape: ovate
Number: 40.0
Total Wet Weight: 56.2 g
Cotyledon Dry Weight: 0.94 g
Cotyledon Length: 22.8 mm
Cotyledon Width: 12.1 mm
 Reference

Testa: 6.00 %
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Shape: obovate
Basal Constriction: moderate
Apex Form: obtuse
Rugosity: slight
Length: 143.0 mm
Breadth: 86.0 mm
Colour: anthocyanin absent
Hardness: hard
Note: Hardness > 2.0 Mpa
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Colour: slight anthocyanin
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Ligule Colour: moderate anthocyanin
Stamen Colour: intense anthocyanin
Sepal Length: 6.46 mm
Ligule Width: 2.27 mm
Ovule Number: 49
Style Length: 1.92 mm
Pedicel Colour: reddish
 Reference

Pittier, H. (1902) Las variedades del cacaotero cultivadas en la zona Atlantica de Costa Rica. Boletin del Instituto Fisico-Geografico de Costa Rica, 18: pp. 121-124.
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 Unpublished data on fruit, bean, flower and flush morphology supplied as an Excel spreadsheet by Frances Bekele.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.