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CRU 6 /B-2    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 6B/2

Pod Index: 24.8 (pods per kg dried beans)
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Colour: dark purple
Shape: elliptical
Number: 38.0
Total Wet Weight: 56.9 g
Cotyledon Dry Weight: 1.06 g
Cotyledon Length: 23.4 mm
Cotyledon Width: 12.8 mm
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Testa: 6.60 %
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Shape: elliptical
Basal Constriction: strong
Apex Form: obtuse
Rugosity: moderate
Length: 178.0 mm
Breadth: 82.0 mm
Colour: anthocyanin absent
Hardness: moderate
Note: Hardness > 1.6 and <= 2.0 Mpa
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Colour: anthocyanin absent
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Ligule Colour: slight anthocyanin
Stamen Colour: slight anthocyanin
Sepal Length: 6.99 mm
Ligule Width: 1.70 mm
Ovule Number: 44
Style Length: 1.59 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 Unpublished data on fruit, bean, flower and flush morphology supplied as an Excel spreadsheet by Frances Bekele.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.