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CRU 77    Theobroma cacao

Derivation: Cocoa Research Unit.
Location: ICGT, Trinidad and Tobago.

Notes:  Selections made from Trinidad populations.
 

02 April 2002. Name new to the database from the ICG,T database/accession list [CRU01A].

 HELD IN

 Trinidad and Tobago, International Cocoa Genebank, Trinidad (ICG,T)
List received in 2011   Reference
• Local Name: CRU 77

Pod Index: 25.1 (pods per kg dried beans)
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Colour: dark purple
Shape: oblong
Number: 41.0
Total Wet Weight: 60.2 g
Cotyledon Dry Weight: 0.97 g
Cotyledon Length: 23.2 mm
Cotyledon Width: 10.8 mm
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Testa: 7.10 %
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Shape: elliptical
Basal Constriction: strong
Apex Form: obtuse
Rugosity: moderate
Length: 206.0 mm
Breadth: 90.0 mm
Colour: anthocyanin absent
Hardness: hard
Note: Hardness > 2.0 Mpa
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Colour: slight anthocyanin
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Ligule Colour: slight anthocyanin
Stamen Colour: slight anthocyanin
Sepal Length: 6.64 mm
Ligule Width: 2.05 mm
Ovule Number: 44
Style Length: 2.17 mm
Pedicel Colour: reddish
 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 Unpublished data on fruit, bean, flower and flush morphology supplied as an Excel spreadsheet by Frances Bekele.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.