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CRU C6 /5    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 C6/5

Pod Index: 37.5 (pods per kg dried beans)
 Reference

Colour: dark purple
Shape: oblong
Number: 36.0
Total Wet Weight: 34.8 g
Cotyledon Dry Weight: 0.74 g
Cotyledon Length: 19.3 mm
Cotyledon Width: 10.0 mm
 Reference

Testa: 6.70 %
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Shape: oblong
Basal Constriction: strong
Apex Form: attenuate
Rugosity: intense
Length: 174.9 mm
Breadth: 73.7 mm
Colour: anthocyanin absent
 Reference

Colour: moderate anthocyanin
 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 Unpublished data on fruit, bean, flower and flush morphology supplied as an Excel spreadsheet by Frances Bekele.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.