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POUND 21 /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 21 /B [POU], P 21 /B [POU]

'Iquitos' Population
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 HELD IN

 Trinidad and Tobago, International Cocoa Genebank, Trinidad (ICG,T)
List received in 2011   Reference
• Local Name: POUND 21/B [POU]

Pod Index: 31.7 (pods per kg dried beans)
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Colour: dark purple
Shape: elliptical
Number: 39.0
Total Wet Weight: 51.2 g
Cotyledon Dry Weight: 0.81 g
Cotyledon Length: 22.8 mm
Cotyledon Width: 11.6 mm
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Testa: 5.70 %
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Shape: elliptical
Basal Constriction: slight
Apex Form: indented
Rugosity: moderate
Length: 150.0 mm
Breadth: 86.0 mm
Colour: anthocyanin absent
Hardness: hard
Note: Hardness > 2.0 Mpa
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Ligule Colour: anthocyanin absent
Stamen Colour: anthocyanin absent
Sepal Length: 6.43 mm
Ligule Width: 1.76 mm
Ovule Number: 48
Style Length: 2.10 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.
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
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 Unpublished data on fruit, bean, flower and flush morphology supplied as an Excel spreadsheet by Frances Bekele.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.