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LCT EEN 248    Theobroma cacao

 Allen, J.B. (1987)
London Cocoa Trade Amazon Project. Final Report Phase 2. Cocoa Growers' Bulletin (Cadbury Schweppes plc, Birmingham, U.K.) 39: pp. 1-94.

Derivation: London Cocoa Trade Est. Exp. Napo.
Collected by Allen.
Location: Ecuador.

Notes:  Allen, 1989a [ALL89A] Seedling progenies are identifed by the suffix /s2, /s3. The numbers in the suffix of the seedling material relates to the genebank/quarantine station where the seedling material was originally sent as follows:

s1,s2... in San Carlos genebank, Ecuador,

s101,s102... at Kew (and moved to Trinidad),

s201,s202... at USDA Miami quarantine station,

s301,s302... at Barbados quarantine station.


 

Synonyms: EEN 248

Location: R. Curaray, Para, Ecuador (primary forest)
Date: 27 August 1981
Coordinates: 76.40 W, 1.25 S
Material collected: Budwood
Altitude: 200 m
Notes: Curaray-Lorocachi, 48km E of Curaray, north bank
Expedition Code: 80EQ
   Allen, J.B., 1987

 HELD IN

 Ecuador, Estacion Experimental Central de la Amazonía
List received in 1990   Reference
• Local Name: LCT EEN 248
List received in 2012   Reference
• Local Name: LCT-248

Colour Dark Purple: Present
Colour Light Purple: Present
Colour White: Present
Number: 18.0
Length: 20.5 mm
Width: 11.3 mm
Thickness: 9.6 mm
Cotyledon Wet Weight: 1.47 g
Note: expedition data
 Reference

Basal Constriction: absent
Apex Form: slightly acute
Rugosity: moderate
Husk Thickness: 25 mm
Length: 180.0 mm
Breadth: 107.0 mm
Colour: anthocyanin absent
Weight: 847.0 g
Length Breadth Ratio: 1.68
Note: expedition data
 Reference

Colour: slight anthocyanin
 Reference

Allen, J.B. (1987) London Cocoa Trade Amazon Project. Final Report Phase 2. Cocoa Growers' Bulletin (Cadbury Schweppes plc, Birmingham, U.K.) 39: pp. 1-94.
Ecuador - Napo (1990) Lista de los materiales en San Carlos, Napo, basada en Informe Final de Allen, 1987, y la lista de CRU, Trinidad (29 Junio 1990), de materiales ya establecidos. Unpublished report, E.E.T. San Carlos, Napo, Ecuador, pp. 2.
EET - Pichilingue (2012) Accessions planted in EET - Pichilingue, Ecuador. Freddy Amores and Ignacio Sotomayor C, personal communication, February 2012.
Allen, J.B. (1988) Geographical variation and population biology in wild Theobroma cacao. PhD. Thesis, University of Edinburgh, U.K. pp. 197.