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ELP 8 A    Theobroma cacao

 Trinidad - CRU (1995)
Cocoa Research Unit. Report for 1995. The University of the West Indies.

Derivation: ELePoussing river.
Collected by Lachenaud/Mooleedhar.
Location: R. Elepoussing, French Guiana.

Lachenaud et al (1997) [LAC97A] All are self incompatible.

Notes:  Trinidad - CRU, 1995 [CRU95A] 1995 CIRAD/CRU collecting expedition.
 

Location: R. Elepoussing, Haut Oyapock, French Guiana (primary forest)
Date: April 1995
Coordinates: 52.57 W, 2.19 N
Material collected: Seed
Notes: Few kms upstream of Boko Falls to Camrouze Falls, right bank
Expedition Code: 95GU
   Trinidad - CRU, 1995
   Lachenaud, P. et al., 1997

 Parents:
ELP 8  x Unknown

 HELD IN

 French Guiana, CIRAD (Centre de Coopération Internationale en Researche Agronomique pour le Développment)
List received in 2012   Reference
• Local Name: ELP 8 A

Pod Index: 35.6 (pods per kg dried beans)
 Reference

Colour: dark purple
Shape: elliptical
Number: 36.0
Total Wet Weight: 45.2 g
Cotyledon Dry Weight: 0.78 g
Cotyledon Length: 20.9 mm
Cotyledon Width: 11.7 mm
 Reference

Testa: 4.90 %
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Shape: elliptical
Basal Constriction: strong
Apex Form: obtuse
Rugosity: moderate
Length: 138.0 mm
Breadth: 74.0 mm
Colour: anthocyanin absent
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Colour: moderate anthocyanin
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Ligule Colour: anthocyanin absent
Stamen Colour: anthocyanin absent
Sepal Length: 6.42 mm
Ligule Width: 2.13 mm
Ovule Number: 48
Style Length: 1.79 mm
Pedicel Colour: reddish
 Reference

Trinidad - CRU (1995) Cocoa Research Unit. Report for 1995. The University of the West Indies.
Lachenaud, P., Mooleedhar, V. & Couturier, C. (1997) Les cacaoyers spontanes de Guyane, nouvelles prospections. Plantations, Recherche, Developpment, Janvier-Fevrier, pp. 25-32.
Philippe Lachenaud (2012) F. Guiana database, CIRAD-CP. Data supplied to ICGD by email. Dr. Philippe Lachenaud, CIRAD Montpellier, France, January 2012.
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 Unpublished data on fruit, bean, flower and flush morphology supplied as an Excel spreadsheet by Frances Bekele.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.