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CRU 63    Theobroma cacao

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

Notes:  Selections made from Trinidad populations.
 

 HELD IN

 Trinidad and Tobago, International Cocoa Genebank, Trinidad (ICG,T)
List received in 2011   Reference
• Local Name: CRU 63

Pod Index: 23.6 (pods per kg dried beans)
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Colour: dark purple
Shape: ovate
Number: 45.0
Total Wet Weight: 58.4 g
Cotyledon Dry Weight: 0.94 g
Cotyledon Length: 20.5 mm
Cotyledon Width: 10.9 mm
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Testa: 5.30 %
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Shape: oblong
Basal Constriction: strong
Apex Form: attenuate
Rugosity: intense
Length: 209.0 mm
Breadth: 75.0 mm
Colour: anthocyanin absent
Hardness: moderate
Note: Hardness > 1.6 and <= 2.0 Mpa
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Colour: moderate anthocyanin
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Ligule Colour: slight anthocyanin
Stamen Colour: anthocyanin absent
Sepal Length: 7.50 mm
Ligule Width: 2.42 mm
Ovule Number: 46
Style Length: 2.52 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 Unpublished data on fruit, bean, flower and flush morphology supplied as an Excel spreadsheet by Frances Bekele.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.