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COCA 3343 /2 [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 Unpublished Report.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 /2 [CHA], EQX 3343 /2 [A], COC 3343 /2 [CHA], COC 3343 /2 [ECU], COCA 3343 /2 [ECU], EQ 3343 /2, EQX 3343 /2 [B], EQX 3343 /2 [J], EQX 3343 /2 [T], EQX 3343 /2 [U], EQX 3343 /2 [V], EQX 3343 /2 [W], EQX 3343 /2 [Z], EQX A 3343 /2, EQX B 3343 /2, EQX C 3343 /2, EQX J 3343 /2, EQX T 3343 /2, EQX U 3343 /2, EQX V 3343 /2, EQX W 3343 /2

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List received in 2012   Reference
• Local Name: COCA-3343/2 CHA
 Trinidad and Tobago, International Cocoa Genebank, Trinidad (ICG,T)
List received in 2011   Reference
• Local Name: COCA 3343/2 [CHA]
   - Year of Accession: 1970

Pod Index: 31.8 (pods per kg dried beans)
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Colour: purple
Shape: ovate
Number: 47.0
Total Wet Weight: 45.7 g
Cotyledon Dry Weight: 0.67 g
Cotyledon Length: 19.0 mm
Cotyledon Width: 9.3 mm
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Testa: 6.20 %
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Butterfat Content: 52.90 %
Testa: 5.50 %
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Shape: oblong
Basal Constriction: strong
Apex Form: attenuate
Rugosity: intense
Length: 207.0 mm
Breadth: 82.0 mm
Colour: anthocyanin absent
Hardness: hard
Note: Hardness > 2.0 Mpa
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Colour: anthocyanin absent
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Ligule Colour: moderate anthocyanin
Stamen Colour: moderate anthocyanin
Sepal Length: 8.41 mm
Ligule Width: 3.18 mm
Ovule Number: 55
Style Length: 2.57 mm
Pedicel Colour: green
 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 Unpublished Report.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.
Mars Center for Cocoa Science (2012) Accession list for the Mars Center for Cocoa Science. Jean-Philippe Marelli, personal communication, February 2012.
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.
Trinidad - CRU (1998) Fat Analysis Data. Data supplied on computer diskette by F. Bekele, CRU, Trinidad.