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SAN MIGUEL 3160 [CHA]    Theobroma cacao

 Chalmers, W.S. (1970)
Report on the collection of Theobroma cacao in the Oriente region of Ecuador. March-May 1970. Unpublished Report. Cocoa Research Unit, University of the West Indies, Trinidad. pp. 20.

Derivation: river SAN MIGUEL.
Collected by Chalmers.
Location: R. San Miguel, Ecuador.

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: EQX 3160 [CHA], EQX 3160 [A], EQX 3160 [B], EQ 3160, EQX 3160 [J], EQX 3160 [MIG], EQX 3160 [T], EQX 3160 [U], EQX 3160 [V], EQX 3160 [W], EQX 3160 [Z], EQX A 3160, EQX B 3160, EQX C 3160, EQX J 3160, EQX T 3160, EQX U 3160, EQX V 3160, EQX W 3160, SAN MIGUEL 3160 [MIG], SM 3160 [CHA], SM 3160 [EET]

Location: R. San Miguel, Oriente, Ecuador (primary forest)
Date: 30 November 1968
Coordinates: 76.02 W, 0.05 N
Material collected: Budwood
Notes: Palma Roja-Pueblo Nuevo. 3M NW of #3153
Expedition Code: 68CH
   Chalmers, W.S., 1968

 HELD IN

 Trinidad and Tobago, International Cocoa Genebank, Trinidad (ICG,T)
List received in 2011   Reference
• Local Name: SAN MIGUEL 3160 [CHA]
   - Year of Accession: 1968

Occasional (Expedition data).
 Chalmers, W.S., 1970

Length: 26.3 mm
Width: 12.8 mm
Thickness: 7.6 mm
Wet Weight: 5.46 g
Cotyledon Wet Weight: 1.64 g
Note: expedition data
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Colour: anthocyanin absent
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Colour: anthocyanin absent
 Reference

Chalmers, W.S. (1970) Report on the collection of Theobroma cacao in the Oriente region of Ecuador. March-May 1970. Unpublished Report. Cocoa Research Unit, University of the West Indies, Trinidad. pp. 20.
Chalmers, W.S. (1968) Cacao collecting trip to the Oriente of Ecuador - November, 1968. Unpublished Report. Cocoa Research Unit, University of the West Indies, Trinidad. pp. 4
CRU (2011) ICG,T accessions. CRU website.
Chalmers, W.S. (1970) Data accumulated from Chalmers' Collection reports from expeditions to Ecuador between 1968-1973. Series of 7 unpublished Reports. Cocoa Research Unit, University of the West Indies. See other reference entries for details.
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.