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 LCT EEN 242    Theobroma cacao

 Allen, J.B. (1987)
London Cocoa Trade Amazon Project. Final Report Phase 2. Cocoa Growers' Bulletin (Cadbury Schweppes plc, Birmingham, U.K.) 39: pp. 1-94.

Derivation: London Cocoa Trade Est. Exp. Napo.
Collected by Allen.
Location: Ecuador.

Notes:  Allen, 1989a [ALL89A] Seedling progenies are identifed by the suffix /s2, /s3. The numbers in the suffix of the seedling material relates to the genebank/quarantine station where the seedling material was originally sent as follows:

s1,s2... in San Carlos genebank, Ecuador,

s101,s102... at Kew (and moved to Trinidad),

s201,s202... at USDA Miami quarantine station,

s301,s302... at Barbados quarantine station.


 

Synonyms: EEN 242

Location: R. Villano, Para, Ecuador (pasture)
Date: 20 July 1981
Coordinates: 77.27 W, 1.30 S
Material collected: Pod
Altitude: 330 m
Notes: Villano, by the side of the track
Expedition Code: 80EQ
   Allen, J.B., 1987

 HELD IN

 Ecuador, Estacion Experimental Central de la Amazonía
List received in 1990   Reference
• Local Name: LCT EEN 242
List received in 2012   Reference
• Local Name: LCT-242

Colour Dark Purple: Absent
Colour Light Purple: Absent
Colour White: Present
Number: 23.0
Length: 27.7 mm
Width: 13.8 mm
Thickness: 11.5 mm
Cotyledon Wet Weight: 2.75 g
Note: expedition data
 Reference

Basal Constriction: absent
Apex Form: attenuate
Rugosity: moderate
Husk Thickness: 16 mm
Length: 170.0 mm
Breadth: 93.0 mm
Colour: anthocyanin absent
Weight: 597.0 g
Length Breadth Ratio: 1.82
Note: expedition data
 Reference

Colour: anthocyanin absent
 Reference

Allen, J.B. (1987) London Cocoa Trade Amazon Project. Final Report Phase 2. Cocoa Growers' Bulletin (Cadbury Schweppes plc, Birmingham, U.K.) 39: pp. 1-94.
Ecuador - Napo (1990) Lista de los materiales en San Carlos, Napo, basada en Informe Final de Allen, 1987, y la lista de CRU, Trinidad (29 Junio 1990), de materiales ya establecidos. Unpublished report, E.E.T. San Carlos, Napo, Ecuador, pp. 2.
EET - Pichilingue (2012) Accessions planted in EET - Pichilingue, Ecuador. Freddy Amores and Ignacio Sotomayor C, personal communication, February 2012.
Allen, J.B. (1988) Geographical variation and population biology in wild Theobroma cacao. PhD. Thesis, University of Edinburgh, U.K. pp. 197.