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CLM 78    Theobroma cacao

 Pound, F.J. (1943)
Cacao and witches' broom disease. Report on a recent visit to the Amazon territory of Peru, September 1942-February 1943. Archives of Cocoa Research 1: pp. 73-91.

Derivation: CLementina farm Mixed.
Collected by Pound.
Location: Dept. of Agriculture, Ecuador.

Notes:  Material labelled CLEM and CLM were previously believed to be the same (End et al., 1992) [END92A]. They are now know to be of separate groups of clones.

Pound, 1943a [POU43A] Progeny from a mixture of fruits, perhaps as many as six, from Hda Clementina, Ecuador planted at Marper Farm, Trinidad, 1939.

Bartley, 1996a [BAR96A]. See notes for CL and CLEMENTINA [ECU]. The code CLM appears to be used for the progeny from the "Mixed" parent trees mentioned by Pound, 1943b [POU43B].


 

Synonyms: CL 78, HCLEM 78

 HELD IN

 Trinidad and Tobago, International Cocoa Genebank, Trinidad (ICG,T)
List received in 2011   Reference
• Local Name: CLM 78

Pod Index: 29.9 (pods per kg dried beans)
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Colour: dark purple
Shape: elliptical
Number: 38.0
Total Wet Weight: 54.0 g
Cotyledon Dry Weight: 0.88 g
Cotyledon Length: 22.2 mm
Cotyledon Width: 12.0 mm
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Testa: 7.80 %
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Shape: obovate
Basal Constriction: slight
Apex Form: indented
Rugosity: slight
Length: 136.0 mm
Breadth: 88.0 mm
Colour: anthocyanin absent
Hardness: soft
Note: Hardness <= 1.6 Mpa
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Colour: moderate anthocyanin
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Ligule Colour: intense anthocyanin
Stamen Colour: intense anthocyanin
Sepal Length: 7.05 mm
Ligule Width: 2.80 mm
Ovule Number: 45
Style Length: 2.23 mm
Pedicel Colour: red
 Reference

Pound, F.J. (1943) Cacao and witches' broom disease. Report on a recent visit to the Amazon territory of Peru, September 1942-February 1943. Archives of Cocoa Research 1: pp. 73-91.
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 Unpublished data on fruit, bean, flower and flush morphology supplied as an Excel spreadsheet by Frances Bekele.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.