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CRU C4 /8    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 C4/8

Pod Index: 48.1 (pods per kg dried beans)
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Colour: purple
Shape: oblong
Number: 21.0
Total Wet Weight: 34.1 g
Cotyledon Dry Weight: 0.99 g
Cotyledon Length: 22.9 mm
Cotyledon Width: 11.8 mm
 Reference

Testa: 5.50 %
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Shape: elliptical
Basal Constriction: strong
Apex Form: acute
Rugosity: smooth
Length: 129.0 mm
Breadth: 74.0 mm
Colour: anthocyanin absent
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Ligule Colour: slight anthocyanin
Stamen Colour: slight anthocyanin
Sepal Length: 7.74 mm
Ligule Width: 2.32 mm
Ovule Number: 48
Style Length: 2.16 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 Unpublished data on fruit, bean, flower and flush morphology supplied as an Excel spreadsheet by Frances Bekele.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.