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COCA 3343 [CHA]    Theobroma cacao

 Chalmers, W.S. (1973)
Report on a visit to Ecuador, Peru, and Brasil, March 1st-April 15th 1973. Unpublished Report. Cocoa Research Unit, University of the West Indies, Trinidad. pp. 31.

Derivation: COCA river.
Collected by Chalmers (INIAP/UWI).
Location: R. Coca, Oriente, Ecuador.

Notes:  Chalmers, 1973a [CHA73A] Chalmers marked these trees and made the initial collections in 1968. Further collections of both budwood and seed were made on later expeditions in 1969 and 1970.
 

Synonyms: EQX 3343 [CHA], EQX 3343 [A], COC 3343 [CHA], COC 3343 [ECU], COCA 3343 [ECU], EQ 3343, EQX 3343 [B], EQX 3343 [J], EQX 3343 [T], EQX 3343 [U], EQX 3343 [V], EQX 3343 [W], EQX 3343 [Z], EQX A 3343, EQX B 3343, EQX C 3343, EQX J 3343, EQX T 3343, EQX U 3343, EQX V 3343, EQX W 3343

Location: R. Coca/R. Napo, Oriente, Ecuador (pasture)
Date: April 1970
Coordinates: 77.00 W, 0.55 S
Altitude: 220 m
Notes: Coca.Capuchin Mission.
Expedition Code: 70CH
   Chalmers, W.S., 1970

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List received in 2012   Reference
• Accession: 1317
   - Local Name: COCA 3343
List received in 2012   Reference
• Local Name: EQX3343
   - Year of Accession: 1975

Absent (Expedition data).
 Chalmers, W.S., 1970

Colour White: Present
Length: 24.3 mm
Width: 12.3 mm
Thickness: 9.9 mm
Wet Weight: 5.77 g
Cotyledon Wet Weight: 1.99 g
Note: expedition data
 Reference

Basal Constriction: slight
Rugosity: moderate
Hardness: moderate
Note: expedition data
 Reference

Chalmers, W.S. (1973) Report on a visit to Ecuador, Peru, and Brasil, March 1st-April 15th 1973. Unpublished Report. Cocoa Research Unit, University of the West Indies, Trinidad. pp. 31.
Chalmers, W.S. (1970) Report on the collection of Theobroma cacao in the Oriente region of Ecuador. March-May 1970. Unpublished Report. Cocoa Research Unit, University of the West Indies, Trinidad. pp. 20.
CEPEC (2012) Accession list for the CEPEC (Bahia, Brazil) collection. Dr. José Luis Pires, personal communication, February 2012.
CRIG (2012) Cocoa accessions held in the Cocoa Research Institute of Ghana (CRIG). Francis Kwame Padi, personal communication, February 2012.
Chalmers, W.S. (1970) Data accumulated from Chalmers' Collection reports from expeditions to Ecuador between 1968-1973. Series of 7 unpublished Reports. Cocoa Research Unit, University of the West Indies. See other reference entries for details.