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POUND 30    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 30 [POU], P 30 [POU]

There is may be some confusion between the P 30 [POS] selection made by Posnette in Ghana and the POUND 30 [POU] wild collected material from Peru by Pound which were originally distributed by Kew. Both have a similar shaped fruit and both were held by Kew at the same time.   Bartley, B.G.D., 1998

Location: R. Nanay, Loreto, Peru
Date: 1942
Coordinates: 73.10 W, 3.45 S
Material collected: Budwood
Expedition Code: 42PO
   Pound, F.J., 1943

 HELD IN

 Ghana, Cocoa Research Institute of Ghana (CRIG)
List received in 2012   Reference
• Local Name: POUND30
   - Year of Accession: 1970
List received in 1990   Reference
• Local Name: P 30 [POU]

Self Compatibility: self incompatible
 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.
Bartley, B.G.D. (1998) Comments made by Dr. Bartley during his visit to Reading (19th - 31st July 1998). B.G.D. Bartley. Personal Communications.
CRIG (2012) Cocoa accessions held in the Cocoa Research Institute of Ghana (CRIG). Francis Kwame Padi, personal communication, February 2012.
Malaysia - ARC Tuaran (1990) List of clones held in the Dept. of Agriculture's collection, at Sabah, Tuaran, Malaysia. E.B. Tay, Malaysian Cocoa Board, Malaysia. Personal Communication.
Bartley, B.G.D. (1970) A preliminary catalogue of the cacao germplasm held at the University of the West Indies, Trinidad. University of the West Indies, St. Augustine, Trinidad.