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SAN MIGUEL 3360 /2 [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 Unpublished Report.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 3360 /2 [CHA], EQ 3360 /2, EQX 3360 /2 [A], EQX 3360 /2 [B], EQX 3360 /2 [J], EQX 3360 /2 [MIG], EQX 3360 /2 [T], EQX 3360 /2 [U], EQX 3360 /2 [V], EQX 3360 /2 [W], EQX 3360 /2 [Z], EQX A 3360 /2, EQX B 3360 /2, EQX C 3360 /2, EQX J 3360 /2, EQX T 3360 /2, EQX U 3360 /2, EQX V 3360 /2, EQX W 3360 /2, SAN MIGUEL 3360 /2 [MIG], SM 3360 /2 [CHA], SM 3360 /2 [EET]

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List received in 2012   Reference
• Local Name: SAN MIGUEL-3360/2
List received in 2011   Reference
• Local Name: SAN MIGUEL 3360/2 [CHA]
   - Year of Accession: 1970

Pod Index: 19.6 (pods per kg dried beans)
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Colour: dark purple
Shape: elliptical
Number: 46.0
Total Wet Weight: 67.4 g
Cotyledon Dry Weight: 1.11 g
Cotyledon Length: 23.7 mm
Cotyledon Width: 13.2 mm
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Testa: 5.00 %
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Shape: obovate
Basal Constriction: slight
Apex Form: obtuse
Rugosity: intense
Length: 158.0 mm
Breadth: 78.0 mm
Colour: moderate anthocyanin
Hardness: moderate
Note: Hardness > 1.6 and <= 2.0 Mpa
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Colour: intense anthocyanin
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Ligule Colour: anthocyanin absent
Stamen Colour: slight anthocyanin
Sepal Length: 7.55 mm
Ligule Width: 2.14 mm
Ovule Number: 48
Style Length: 2.02 mm
Pedicel Colour: red
 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 Unpublished Report.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.
Mars Center for Cocoa Science (2012) Accession list for the Mars Center for Cocoa Science. Jean-Philippe Marelli, 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.