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CRU 5B /25    Theobroma cacao

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

Notes:  Selections made from Trinidad populations.
 

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 Trinidad and Tobago, International Cocoa Genebank, Trinidad (ICG,T)
List received in 2011   Reference
• Local Name: CRU 5B/25

Pod Index: 16.2 (pods per kg dried beans)
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Colour: dark purple
Shape: elliptical
Number: 41.0
Total Wet Weight: 97.0 g
Cotyledon Dry Weight: 1.51 g
Cotyledon Length: 25.9 mm
Cotyledon Width: 15.1 mm
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Testa: 5.20 %
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Shape: obovate
Basal Constriction: strong
Apex Form: indented
Rugosity: moderate
Length: 196.0 mm
Breadth: 100.0 mm
Colour: anthocyanin absent
Hardness: hard
Note: Hardness > 2.0 Mpa
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Colour: moderate anthocyanin
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Ligule Colour: anthocyanin absent
Stamen Colour: moderate anthocyanin
Sepal Length: 7.69 mm
Ligule Width: 2.59 mm
Ovule Number: 48
Style Length: 2.93 mm
Pedicel Colour: red
 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 Unpublished data on fruit, bean, flower and flush morphology supplied as an Excel spreadsheet by Frances Bekele.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.