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SPEC 194 /16    Theobroma cacao

 Baker, R.E.D., Cope, F.W., Holliday, P.C., Bartley, B.G. & Taylor, D.J. (1953)
The Anglo-Colombian cacao collecting expedition. Report of Cacao Research, Imperial College of Tropical Agriculture, Trinidad 9: pp. 8-29.

Derivation: SPECimen.
Collected by Various.
Location: Colombia.

Notes:  Baker et al., 1953 [BAK53A] The Anglo-Colombian Expedition collected material from various places in Colombia ( Amazonas & Vaupes) in 1952 and involved many different collectors. The material was sent onto Trinidad. The name SPEC was given to everything that was collected including Theobroma species other then T. cacao and Herranias.

Bartley, 1983a [BAR83A]. This material is divided into two classes:

1) Collections from the Amazon - up to SPEC 54,

2) Collections from other populations, usually cultivated and of Criollo or Trinitario descent.
 

Synonyms: COL 194 /16 [SPE], M SPEC 194 /16

Location: Valle de Patia, Narino, Colombia
Date: 1953
Coordinates: 78.00 W, 2.00 N
Material collected: Seed
Expedition Code: 52CO
   Baker, R.E.D. et al., 1953
   Trinidad - U.W.I., 1952
   Cope, F.W., 1953

 Parents:
SPEC 194  x Unknown   Trinidad - U.W.I., 1952

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List received in 2018   Reference
• Accession: 21208
   - Local Name: SPEC-19416 (233)
   - Year of Accession: 1996
 Honduras, Fundación Hondureña de Investigación Agrícola (FHIA)
List received in 1994   Reference
• Local Name: SPEC 194 /16
List received in 2024   Reference
• Accession: PI 668440     GRIN-Global 
   - Local Name: SPEC 194/16
   - Year of Accession: 1986

Resistant (Field Reaction).
 Butler, D.R. et al., 1998

Acc: PI 668440
Pod Index: 25.9 (pods per kg dried beans)
Yield (dry beans per tree): 0.80 kg
 Reference

Size: medium - large
 Reference
Acc: PI 668440
Number: 33.8
Total Wet Weight: 406.8 g
Total Dry Weight: 38.6 g
 Reference

Size: medium
 Reference
Acc: PI 668440
Length: 190.0 mm
Breadth: 84.0 mm
Weight: 518.5 g
Pods Per Tree: 21
 Reference

Colour: anthocyanin absent
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Distance from Base to Widest Part: 120 mm
Length: 219.0 mm
Width: 66.0 mm
Length to Width Ratio: 3.30
Basal Angle: 117.8 °
Apical Angle: 56.4 °
Petiole Length: 14 mm
Pulvinus Length: 9 mm
 Reference

Baker, R.E.D., Cope, F.W., Holliday, P.C., Bartley, B.G. & Taylor, D.J. (1953) The Anglo-Colombian cacao collecting expedition. Report of Cacao Research, Imperial College of Tropical Agriculture, Trinidad 9: pp. 8-29.
Trinidad - U.W.I. (1952) Cocoa Collecting Expedition Colombia 1952. Record of material received. Unpublished Notebook, University of the West Indies, Trinidad.
Cope, F.W. (1953) An interim report on the Anglo-Colombian cocoa-collecting expedition. In: Report of the 1953 Cocoa Conference, London. Cocoa, Chocolate & Confectionery Alliance, London, U.K. pp. 57-63.
Allan Mata (2018) Accession list for the International Cacao Collection at CATIE (IC3). Personal communication.
Honduras - CEDEC (1994) List of accessions in CEDEC, La Masica, Honduras. J.A. Sanchez, FHIA, Honduras. Personal Communication.
USDA, ARS Tropical Agriculture Research Station, Mayaguez, Puerto Rico. (2024) List of cocoa accessions held at Mayaguez in September 2024. USDA-ARS GRIN-Global. [Online Database] National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
Butler, D.R., Iwaro, A.D., Thevenin, J.-M., Bekele, F., Sounigo, O., Christopher, Y. & Mooledhar, V. (1998) Individual Institute Reports - Trinidad & Tobago, CRU. Report on the IPGRI project: Cocoa Germplasm Utilisation and Conservation, A Global Approach. Appendix to General Progress Report of Year 1.
Brian Irish (2011) CACAO.MAYAGUEZ.2007-2011. USDA-ARS GRIN-Global. [Online Database] National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
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.
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.
Trinidad - ICGT (1992) Leaf descriptors. Unpublished data supplied on computer diskette by International Cocoa Genebank, Trinidad, University of the West Indies, Trinidad.