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CC 263    Theobroma cacao

 Costa Rica - CATIE (1981)
Genetic Resources of Cacao. A Catalogue of the CATIE Collection. J.M.M. Engels, Tropical Agricultural Research and Training Centre, CATIE, Turrialba, Costa Rica. Technical Bulletin No. 7: pp. 191.

Derivation: Cacao Center.
Collected by Paredes (& others).
Location: La Lola, Cacao Center, Costa Rica.

Notes:  Costa Rica - CATIE, 1981 [ENG81A] Selections from various populations.
 

 PEDIGREE DETAILS

 Parents:
NACIONAL  x Unknown   Costa Rica - CATIE, 1981

 HELD IN

List received in 2018   Reference
• Accession: 10231
   - Local Name: CC-263
   - Year of Accession: 1979

 YIELD

 Costa Rica - CATIE, 1981
Seed Index: 89.2 (dried beans per 100g)
Productivity: medium
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 BEAN

 Costa Rica - CATIE, 1981
Colour Dark Purple: Absent
Colour Light Purple: Present
Colour Grey: Absent
Colour White: Absent
Colour Mottled: Absent
Number: 36.5
Maximum Number: 56
Cotyledon Wet Weight: 1.73 g
Cotyledon Dry Weight: 1.12 g
Cotyledon Length: 23.7 mm
Cotyledon Width: 12.1 mm
Cotyledon Thickness: 8.7 mm
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 FRUIT

 Costa Rica - CATIE, 1981
Basal Constriction: absent
Apex Form: obtuse
Rugosity: slight
Husk Thickness: 10.4 mm (13.4 - 7.4)
Length: 164.0 mm
Breadth: 98.0 mm
Colour: absent anthocyanin
Weight: 603.0 g
Pods Per Tree: 5
Hardness: hard
Length Breadth Ratio: 1.67
Note: ratio of distances between ridges within a pair and between ridges of two different pairs = 0.60
 Reference
 Morera, J. et al., 1991
Shape: amelonado
Colour: green
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 FLUSH

 Costa Rica - CATIE, 1981
Colour: light brown
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 FLOWER

 Costa Rica - CATIE, 1981
Ligule Colour: slight anthocyanin (apical)
Stamen Colour: slight anthocyanin
Sepal Colour: greyish green
Sepal Width: 2.20 mm
Sepal Length: 9.40 mm
Ligule Length: 8.20 mm
Ligule Width: 2.60 mm
Ovary Colour: anthocyanin absent (apical)
Ovary Width: 1.00 mm
Ovary Length: 1.40 mm
Style Length: 2.20 mm
Staminode Length: 7.30 mm
Pedicel Colour: pale red
Note: Translation of Methuen colour codes.
 Reference

Costa Rica - CATIE (1981) Genetic Resources of Cacao. A Catalogue of the CATIE Collection. J.M.M. Engels, Tropical Agricultural Research and Training Centre, CATIE, Turrialba, Costa Rica. Technical Bulletin No. 7: pp. 191.
Allan Mata (2018) Accession list for the International Cacao Collection at CATIE (IC3). Personal communication.
Morera, J., Paredes, A. & Mora, A. (1991) Germoplasma de cacao en el CATIE entre 1947 y 1991, Programa II: Generacion y transferencia de tecnologia. IICA, San Jose, Costa Rica, pp. 49.