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LCT EEN 258    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 258

Location: R. Curaray, Para, Ecuador (primary forest)
Date: 28 August 1981
Coordinates: 76.35 W, 1.32 S
Material collected: Budwood
Altitude: 200 m
Notes: Curaray-Lorocachi, 114 km east of Curaray north bank
Expedition Code: 80EQ
   Allen, J.B., 1987

'Curaray' Population
Subgroup: 'Curaray R - Napo R'   Reference

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List received in 1990   Reference
• Local Name: LCT EEN 258
List received in 2012   Reference
• Local Name: LCTEEN - 258
   - Year of Accession: 1997
List received in 1994   Reference
• Local Name: LCT EEN 258
   - Year of Accession: 1992
List received in 1998   Reference
• Local Name: LCT EEN 258
   - Year of Accession: 1991

Colour Dark Purple: Absent
Colour Light Purple: Present
Colour White: Present
Number: 46.0
Length: 24.9 mm
Width: 15.1 mm
Thickness: 8.5 mm
Cotyledon Wet Weight: 2.12 g
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Basal Constriction: absent
Apex Form: slightly acute
Rugosity: moderate
Husk Thickness: 22 mm
Length: 222.0 mm
Breadth: 103.0 mm
Colour: anthocyanin absent
Weight: 937.0 g
Length Breadth Ratio: 2.15
Note: genebank 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.
Motamayor, J.C., Lachenaud, P., da Silva e Mota, J.W., Loor, R., Kuhn, D.N., Brown, J.S. & Schnell, R.J. (2008) Geographic and Genetic Population Differentiation of the Amazonian Chocolate Tree (Theobroma cacao L). PLoS ONE 3(10): e3311. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0003311
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.
Malaysia - ARC Tuaran (1994) Accessions in the Malaysian Cocoa Board collection obtained from USDA Mayaguez since 1991. M.T. Lee, MCB, Malaysia. Personal Communication.
Malaysia - ARC Tuaran (1998) Accessions held in the Malaysian Cocoa Board collection, May 1998. K. Lamin, MCB, Malaysia, Personal Communication.
Allen, J.B. (1988) Geographical variation and population biology in wild Theobroma cacao. PhD. Thesis, University of Edinburgh, U.K. pp. 197.