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CLM 99    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: HCLEM 99

 HELD IN

 Trinidad and Tobago, International Cocoa Genebank, Trinidad (ICG,T)
List received in 2011   Reference
• Local Name: CLM 99

Pod Index: 31.9 (pods per kg dried beans)
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Colour: purple
Shape: elliptical
Number: 36.0
Total Wet Weight: 48.8 g
Cotyledon Dry Weight: 0.87 g
Cotyledon Length: 22.4 mm
Cotyledon Width: 11.7 mm
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Testa: 7.00 %
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Shape: elliptical
Basal Constriction: slight
Apex Form: indented
Rugosity: slight
Length: 153.0 mm
Breadth: 82.0 mm
Colour: anthocyanin absent
Hardness: hard
Note: Hardness > 2.0 Mpa
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Colour: intense anthocyanin
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Ligule Colour: intense anthocyanin
Stamen Colour: slight anthocyanin
Sepal Length: 8.47 mm
Ligule Width: 2.22 mm
Ovule Number: 44
Style Length: 1.80 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 Unpublished data on fruit, bean, flower and flush morphology supplied as an Excel spreadsheet by Frances Bekele.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.