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SC 7 [COL]    Theobroma cacao

 Hunter, J.R. (1961)
The status of cacao variety improvement work in the Western Hemisphere. Cacao (Costa Rica) 4: pp. 1-16.

Derivation: Seleccion Colombiana.
Location: Palmira, Valle, Colombia.

Notes:  Doak & Zambrano, 1961 [DOA61A] Collected in 1961.

Bartley, 1993a [BAR93A]. May be the same as MIRANDA in Soria, 1970a [SOR70A].

In previous versions of the ICGD the SPA [COL] clones were included as synonyms of the group SC [COL] (SC 57 - 76 inclusive). The synonymy has now been reversed as this material was originally described as SPA and is more widely known under this name, as advised by Dr. Bartley.


 

Synonyms: SCP 160 [COL], SCS 7 [COL]

 HELD IN

List received in 1989   Reference
• Local Name: SC 7 [COL]
 Trinidad and Tobago, International Cocoa Genebank, Trinidad (ICG,T)
List received in 2011   Reference
• Local Name: SC 7 [COL]
   - Year of Accession: 1994

Colour: intense anthocyanin
 Reference

Shape: obovate
Length: 280.8 mm
Width: 104.6 mm
Length to Width Ratio: 2.68
Apex Form: acuminate
Pulvinus Present: Yes
 Reference

Ligule Colour: anthocyanin absent
Petal Length: 11.40 mm
Sepal Colour: moderate anthocyanin
Sepal Width: 2.40 mm
Sepal Length: 8.00 mm
Sepal Length to Width Ratio: 3.33
Ligule Length: 3.00 mm
Ligule Width: 3.00 mm
Ligule Length to Width Ratio: 1.00
Ribbon Length: 4.20 mm
Ovary Width: 1.00 mm
Ovary Length: 1.00 mm
Ovary Length to Width Ratio: 1.00
Ovule Number: 35
Style Length: 2.10 mm
Staminode Colour: dark magenta
Staminode Length: 6.60 mm
Pedicel Length: 15.80 mm
Pedicel Colour: greyish magenta
Hairs on Upper Surface of Sepal: present
Pigmented Glands on Lower Surface of Sepal: present
Self Compatibility: self incompatible
Note: Translation of Pantone colour codes.
 Reference

Hunter, J.R. (1961) The status of cacao variety improvement work in the Western Hemisphere. Cacao (Costa Rica) 4: pp. 1-16.
Colombia - ICA Palmira (1989) ? A catalogue of the cacao germplasm at ICA Palmira. F. Ocampo Rojas, ICA Palmira, Colombia.
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 Unpublished data on fruit, bean, flower and flush morphology supplied as an Excel spreadsheet by Frances Bekele.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.
Colombia - ICA Palmira (1986) ? A catalogue of the cacao germplasm at ICA Palmira. ICA Palmira, Colombia.