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Details for: PI 315291,
Theobroma cacao
L., EET 164 [ECU]
Summary
Passport
Taxonomy
Other
Pedigree
IPR
Observation
Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Theobroma cacao
L.
Top Name:
EET 164 [ECU]
Origin:
Donated – Los Ríos, Ecuador
Maintained:
Tropical Agriculture Research Station
Received by NPGS:
22 Jul 1966
PI Assigned:
1966
Improvement Status:
Clone
Form Received:
Scion
Life Form:
Tree
Life Habit:
Tree
Inventory Volume:
174
View original Plant Inventory data in pdf format
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Plant
1 count
TARS 16620 PL
Distributed as: Scionwood/Budwood (Any time), Fruit (Seasonal)
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Theobroma cacao
L.
Top Name:
EET 164 [ECU]
Origin:
Donated – Los Ríos, Ecuador
Maintained:
Tropical Agriculture Research Station
Received by NPGS:
22 Jul 1966
PI Assigned:
1966
Improvement Status:
Clone
Form Received:
Scion
Life Form:
Tree
Life Habit:
Tree
Source History
Donated
22 July 1966.
Los Ríos, Ecuador
Donor(s):
Inst. Nac. de Investigaciones Agropecuarias - Pichilingue
1968.
Florida, United States
Donor(s):
USDA-ARS, SHRS, NCGR
Accession Names and Identifiers
EET 164 [ECU]
Type: Developer identifier
Estacion Experimental Tropical, Pichilinque, Ecuador
TARS 14465
Type: Site identifier
TARS 16620
Type: Site identifier
San Carlos 1
Type: Other or unclassified name
Group: CACAO-TARS
Narrative
Theobroma cacao
L.
Genus:
Theobroma
Section:
Theobroma
Family:
Malvaceae
Subfamily:
Byttnerioideae
Tribe:
Theobromateae
Nomen number:
101885
Place of publication:
Sp. pl. 2:782. 1753
Protologue link:
https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/358803
Typification:
View in Linnean Typification Project
Verified:
11/07/1985
by ARS Systematic Botanists.
Other conspecific taxa
Theobroma cacao
L. Amelonado Group
(0 active accession[s])
Theobroma cacao
L. Contamana Group
(0 active accession[s])
Theobroma cacao
L. Criollo Group
(0 active accession[s])
Theobroma cacao
L. Curaray Group
(0 active accession[s])
Theobroma cacao
L. Guiana Group
(0 active accession[s])
Theobroma cacao
L. Iquitos Group
(0 active accession[s])
Theobroma cacao
L. Maranon Group
(0 active accession[s])
Theobroma cacao
L. Nacional Group
(0 active accession[s])
Theobroma cacao
L. Nanay Group
(0 active accession[s])
Theobroma cacao
L. Purus Group
(0 active accession[s])
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Autonym(s)
Theobroma cacao
L. f.
cacao
Theobroma cacao
L. subsp.
cacao
Homotypic Synonym(s)
Theobroma cacao
L. subsp.
sphaerocarpum
(A. Chev.) Cuatrec.
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Theobroma cacao
L. f.
leiocarpum
(Bernoulli) Ducke
Theobroma cacao
L. f.
pentagonum
(Bernoulli) Cuatrec.
Theobroma leiocarpum
Bernoulli
Theobroma pentagonum
Bernoulli
Theobroma sativum
(Aubl.) Lign. & Le Bey
Theobroma sphaerocarpum
A. Chev.
Common names
Language
Name
Alternate name
note
seq
Citation
English
cacao
1
Duke, J. A. et al.
2002. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs
English
cocoa
1
Vossen, H. A. M. van der & M. Wessel, eds.
2000. Stimulants. In: Faridah Hanum, I. & L. J. G. van der Maesen, eds.,
Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA)
16:113.
French
cacaoyer
2
Vossen, H. A. M. van der & M. Wessel, eds.
2000. Stimulants. In: Faridah Hanum, I. & L. J. G. van der Maesen, eds.,
Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA)
16:113.
German
echter Kakaobaum
2
Erhardt, W. et al.
2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen
German
Kakaopflanze
2
Reichel, S.
1998. pers. comm.
Note:
re. German common names
Portuguese (Brazil)
cacaoeiro
2
Groth, D.
2005. pers. comm.
Note:
re. Brazilian common names
Portuguese (Brazil)
cacau
2
Groth, D.
2005. pers. comm.
Note:
re. Brazilian common names
Spanish
árbol del cacao
2
Rehm, S.
1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Spanish
cacaotero
2
Rehm, S.
1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Spanish
calabacillo
2
Cuatrecasas, J.
1964. Cacao and its allies: a taxonomic revision of the genus
Theobroma
. Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 35:515-517.
Note:
as
Theobroma cacao
subsp.
sphaerocarpum
Spanish
forastero
2
Cuatrecasas, J.
1964. Cacao and its allies: a taxonomic revision of the genus
Theobroma
. Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 35:515-517.
Note:
as
Theobroma cacao
subsp.
sphaerocarpum
Swedish
kakao
2
Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson.
2012.
Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
Name
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Pedigree
Description:
San Carlos 1. Nacional X Venezuelan yellow, San Carlos, Los Rios.
Material Transfer Agreement
Observations
Phenotype Data
Category
Descriptor
Description
Value
Sample Size
Study
Inventory
Availability
DISEASE
Infected Pods
Average number of infected fruit per tree per year
2.4
CACAO.MAYAGUEZ.2007-2011
Not Available
MORPHOLOGY
Number of Seeds
Number of seed per fruit
33.9
CACAO.MAYAGUEZ.2007-2011
Not Available
MORPHOLOGY
Pod Length
Length of fruit, in centimeters
17.3
CACAO.MAYAGUEZ.2007-2011
Not Available
MORPHOLOGY
Pod Weight
Average weight of fruit, in grams
511.6
CACAO.MAYAGUEZ.2007-2011
Not Available
MORPHOLOGY
Pod Width
Diameter of fruit, in centimeters
8.8
CACAO.MAYAGUEZ.2007-2011
Not Available
PRODUCTION
Dry Weight
Dry seed weight (~7.0% moisture), in grams
38.9
CACAO.MAYAGUEZ.2007-2011
Not Available
PRODUCTION
Fresh Weight
Wet seed weight, in grams
430.7
CACAO.MAYAGUEZ.2007-2011
Not Available
PRODUCTION
Pod Index
Number of pods needed to reach 1 kilogram of dry weight
25.7
CACAO.MAYAGUEZ.2007-2011
Not Available
PRODUCTION
Total Pods
Average fruits per tree per year
32.9
CACAO.MAYAGUEZ.2007-2011
Not Available
PRODUCTION
Yield
Estimated kilograms of dry weight per tree per year
1.28
CACAO.MAYAGUEZ.2007-2011
Not Available
Genotype Data
Poly Type
Marker
Value
Evaluation
Study Type
Inventory
MICROSATELLITE
MTCCIR8
288 292
CACAOSSR2007
FINGERPRNT
MICROSATELLITE
MTCCIR7
155 159
CACAOSSR2007
FINGERPRNT
MICROSATELLITE
MTCCIR60
193 212
CACAOSSR2007
FINGERPRNT
MICROSATELLITE
MTCCIR6
229 235
CACAOSSR2007
FINGERPRNT
MICROSATELLITE
MTCCIR40
271 284
CACAOSSR2007
FINGERPRNT
MICROSATELLITE
MTCCIR37
147 165
CACAOSSR2007
FINGERPRNT
MICROSATELLITE
MTCCIR33
282 309
CACAOSSR2007
FINGERPRNT
MICROSATELLITE
MTCCIR26
303 305
CACAOSSR2007
FINGERPRNT
MICROSATELLITE
MTCCIR24
185 201
CACAOSSR2007
FINGERPRNT
MICROSATELLITE
MTCCIR22
279 287
CACAOSSR2007
FINGERPRNT
MICROSATELLITE
MTCCIR18
335 345
CACAOSSR2007
FINGERPRNT
MICROSATELLITE
MTCCIR15
248 252
CACAOSSR2007
FINGERPRNT
MICROSATELLITE
MTCCIR12
204 213
CACAOSSR2007
FINGERPRNT
MICROSATELLITE
MTCCIR11
300 300
CACAOSSR2007
FINGERPRNT
MICROSATELLITE
MTCCIR1
127 140
CACAOSSR2007
FINGERPRNT