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LV 17 [POU]    Theobroma cacao

 Pound, F.J. (1943)
First report on the selection of cacao trees for resistance to Witches' Broom disease. Unpublished report, Ministry of Agriculture, Trinidad.

Derivation: Large Vuelta.
Collected by Pound.
Location: Limoncillo, Ecuador.

Notes:  Seedlings from selected trees, established at Marper farm, Trinidad.

10/09/96 Previously recorded in the ICGD and elsewhere that LV stood for Limoncillo. However, Pound 1943b [POU43B] indicates that it stands for Large Vuelta.
 

 HELD IN

List received in 2018   Reference
• Accession: 22187
   - Local Name: LV-17
   - Year of Accession: 2014
List received in 2011   Reference
• Local Name: LV 17 [POU]

 YIELD

 Frances Bekele & Gillian Bidaisee, 2022
Pod Index: 29.5 (pods per kg dried beans)
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 BEAN

 Frances Bekele & Gillian Bidaisee, 2022
Colour: purple
Shape: ovate
Number: 44.0
Total Wet Weight: 45.5 g
Cotyledon Dry Weight: 0.77 g
Cotyledon Length: 20.4 mm
Cotyledon Width: 11.5 mm
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 BUTTERFAT

 Frances Bekele & Gillian Bidaisee, 2022
Testa: 7.50 %
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 FRUIT

 Frances Bekele & Gillian Bidaisee, 2022
Shape: obovate
Basal Constriction: moderate
Apex Form: mammillate
Rugosity: moderate
Length: 138.0 mm
Breadth: 80.0 mm
Colour: slight anthocyanin
Hardness: hard
Note: Hardness > 2.0 Mpa
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 FLUSH

 Frances Bekele & Gillian Bidaisee, 2022
Colour: slight anthocyanin
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 FLOWER

 Frances Bekele & Gillian Bidaisee, 2022
Ligule Colour: slight anthocyanin
Stamen Colour: moderate anthocyanin
Sepal Length: 7.68 mm
Ligule Width: 2.31 mm
Ovule Number: 42
Style Length: 2.45 mm
Pedicel Colour: red
 Reference

Pound, F.J. (1943) First report on the selection of cacao trees for resistance to Witches' Broom disease. Unpublished report, Ministry of Agriculture, Trinidad.
Allan Mata (2018) Accession list for the International Cacao Collection at CATIE (IC3). Personal communication.
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 Unpublished data on fruit, bean, flower and flush morphology supplied as an Excel spreadsheet by Frances Bekele.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.