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PV 4 [CRI]    Theobroma cacao

 Bartley, B.G.D. (1993)
Notes on the meaning and origins of clone names. B.G.D Bartley. Personal Communications.

Derivation: Porcelana Venezolano (or Verde).
Location: CATIE, Costa Rica.

Notes:  Colombia - ICA Palmira, 1986 [ICA86A] Name used for local collections in Colombia.
 

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 Costa Rica, Centro Agronómico Tropical de Investigación y Enseñanza (CATIE)
List received in 2018   Reference
• Accession: 10405
   - Local Name: PV-4

Seed Index: 66.2 (dried beans per 100g)
Productivity: very low
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Colour Dark Purple: Present
Colour Light Purple: Present
Colour Grey: Absent
Colour White: Present
Colour Mottled: Present
Number: 37.1
Maximum Number: 55
Cotyledon Wet Weight: 2.47 g
Cotyledon Dry Weight: 1.51 g
Cotyledon Length: 27.4 mm
Cotyledon Width: 15.4 mm
Cotyledon Thickness: 10.4 mm
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Basal Constriction: moderate - slight
Apex Form: slightly acute
Rugosity: slight
Husk Thickness: 10.55 mm (12.9 - 8.2)
Length: 213.0 mm
Breadth: 91.0 mm
Colour: absent anthocyanin
Weight: 758.0 g
Pods Per Tree: 1
Hardness: moderate
Length Breadth Ratio: 2.34
Note: ratio of distances between ridges within a pair and between ridges of two different pairs = 0.70
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Shape: amelonado
Colour: green
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Colour: brownish orange
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Ligule Colour: slight anthocyanin (apical)
Stamen Colour: anthocyanin absent
Sepal Colour: greyish green
Sepal Width: 2.39 mm
Sepal Length: 8.63 mm
Ligule Length: 7.53 mm
Ligule Width: 3.03 mm
Ovary Colour: anthocyanin absent (apical)
Ovary Width: 1.00 mm
Ovary Length: 1.41 mm
Style Length: 2.18 mm
Staminode Length: 7.38 mm
Pedicel Colour: pastel red
Note: Translation of Methuen colour codes.
 Reference

Bartley, B.G.D. (1993) Notes on the meaning and origins of clone names. B.G.D Bartley. Personal Communications.
Allan Mata (2018) Accession list for the International Cacao Collection at CATIE (IC3). Personal communication.
Costa Rica - CATIE (1981) Genetic Resources of Cacao. A Catalogue of the CATIE Collection. J.M.M. Engels, Tropical Agricultural Research and Training Centre, CATIE, Turrialba, Costa Rica. Technical Bulletin No. 7: pp. 191.
Morera, J., Paredes, A. & Mora, A. (1991) Germoplasma de cacao en el CATIE entre 1947 y 1991, Programa II: Generacion y transferencia de tecnologia. IICA, San Jose, Costa Rica, pp. 49.