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CRU C6 /23    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 C6/23

Pod Index: 23.5 (pods per kg dried beans)
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Colour: dark purple
Shape: ovate
Number: 34.0
Total Wet Weight: 62.0 g
Cotyledon Dry Weight: 1.25 g
Cotyledon Length: 26.4 mm
Cotyledon Width: 13.3 mm
 Reference

Testa: 5.50 %
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Shape: elliptical
Basal Constriction: slight
Apex Form: acute
Rugosity: moderate
Length: 148.9 mm
Breadth: 88.7 mm
Colour: slight anthocyanin
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Colour: intense 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 Unpublished data on fruit, bean, flower and flush morphology supplied as an Excel spreadsheet by Frances Bekele.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.