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CRU C12 /2    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 C12/2

Pod Index: 29.6 (pods per kg dried beans)
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Colour: purple
Shape: elliptical
Number: 45.0
Total Wet Weight: 52.3 g
Cotyledon Dry Weight: 0.75 g
Cotyledon Length: 20.4 mm
Cotyledon Width: 12.0 mm
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Testa: 5.00 %
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Shape: elliptical
Basal Constriction: strong
Apex Form: acute
Rugosity: moderate
Length: 150.0 mm
Breadth: 76.0 mm
Colour: anthocyanin absent
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Colour: intense anthocyanin
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Ligule Colour: intense anthocyanin
Stamen Colour: slight anthocyanin
Sepal Length: 6.12 mm
Ligule Width: 1.94 mm
Ovule Number: 43
Style Length: 1.79 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 Unpublished data on fruit, bean, flower and flush morphology supplied as an Excel spreadsheet by Frances Bekele.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.