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POUND 5 /B    Theobroma cacao

 Pound, F.J. (1943)
Cacao and witches' broom disease. Report on a recent visit to the Amazon territory of Peru, September 1942-February 1943. Archives of Cocoa Research 1: pp. 73-91.

Derivation: POUND (collector).
Collected by Pound.
Location: Peru.

Notes:  Chalmers, 1968 [CHA68A] Trees were marked and initial collections made in 1968. Chalmers revisited the area in 1970 (Chalmers, 1970a [CHA70A]), recollecting from some trees and making new collections from newly marked trees. Further collections were made in 1972 (Chalmers, 1972b [CHA72B]).
 

Synonyms: PERU 5 /B [POU], P 5 /B [POU]

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List received in 2012   Reference
• Local Name: P - 5 - B
 Trinidad and Tobago, International Cocoa Genebank, Trinidad (ICG,T)
List received in 2011   Reference
• Local Name: POUND 5/B [POU]

Pod Index: 37.2 (pods per kg dried beans)
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Colour: dark purple
Shape: elliptical
Number: 32.0
Total Wet Weight: 39.8 g
Cotyledon Dry Weight: 0.84 g
Cotyledon Length: 19.1 mm
Cotyledon Width: 11.8 mm
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Testa: 4.80 %
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Shape: elliptical
Basal Constriction: strong
Apex Form: indented
Rugosity: slight
Length: 157.0 mm
Breadth: 69.0 mm
Colour: anthocyanin absent
Hardness: hard
Note: Hardness > 2.0 Mpa
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Colour: slight anthocyanin
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Distance from Base to Widest Part: 136 mm
Length: 280.0 mm
Width: 103.0 mm
Length to Width Ratio: 2.70
Basal Angle: 120.2 °
Apical Angle: 59.7 °
Petiole Length: 14 mm
Pulvinus Length: 13 mm
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Stamen Colour: moderate anthocyanin
Sepal Colour: anthocyanin absent
Sepal Length: 8.00 mm
Ovary Colour: anthocyanin absent (apical)
Pedicel Colour: anthocyanin absent
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Ligule Colour: anthocyanin absent
Stamen Colour: intense anthocyanin
Sepal Length: 7.19 mm
Ligule Width: 2.23 mm
Ovule Number: 42
Style Length: 2.20 mm
Pedicel Colour: reddish
 Reference

Pound, F.J. (1943) Cacao and witches' broom disease. Report on a recent visit to the Amazon territory of Peru, September 1942-February 1943. Archives of Cocoa Research 1: pp. 73-91.
EET - Pichilingue (2012) Accessions planted in EET - Pichilingue, Ecuador. Freddy Amores and Ignacio Sotomayor C, personal communication, February 2012.
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.
Trinidad - ICGT (1992) Leaf descriptors. Unpublished data supplied on computer diskette by International Cocoa Genebank, Trinidad, University of the West Indies, Trinidad.
Allen, J.B. (1988) Geographical variation and population biology in wild Theobroma cacao. PhD. Thesis, University of Edinburgh, U.K. pp. 197.