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Details for: PI 275668,
Theobroma cacao
L., EET 397 [ECU]
Summary
Passport
Taxonomy
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Pedigree
IPR
Observation
Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Theobroma cacao
L.
Top Name:
EET 397 [ECU]
Origin:
Donated – Ecuador
Maintained:
Tropical Agriculture Research Station
Received by NPGS:
1983
PI Assigned:
1961
Improvement Status:
Clone
Life Form:
Tree
Life Habit:
Tree
Inventory Volume:
169
View original Plant Inventory data in pdf format
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Form
Quantity
Note
Inventory
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Plant
1 count
TARS 16632 PL
Distributed as: Scionwood/Budwood (Any time), Fruit (Seasonal)
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Theobroma cacao
L.
Top Name:
EET 397 [ECU]
Origin:
Donated – Ecuador
Maintained:
Tropical Agriculture Research Station
Received by NPGS:
1983
PI Assigned:
1961
Improvement Status:
Clone
Life Form:
Tree
Life Habit:
Tree
Source History
Donated
30 June 1961.
Ecuador
Accession Names and Identifiers
EET 397 [ECU]
Type: Institute identifier
Estacion Experimental Tropical, Pichilinque, Ecuador
TARS 16632
Type: Site identifier
PI 275668
Type: Other or unclassified name
Group: CACAO-TARS
Narrative
Resistant to witches' broom. Budwood presented by the Servicio Cooperativo InterAmericano de Agricultura, Pichilingue.
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:
Venezuelan Morado type, open-pollinated.
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
6.9
CACAO.MAYAGUEZ.2007-2011
Not Available
MORPHOLOGY
Number of Seeds
Number of seed per fruit
34.1
CACAO.MAYAGUEZ.2007-2011
Not Available
MORPHOLOGY
Pod Length
Length of fruit, in centimeters
17.4
CACAO.MAYAGUEZ.2007-2011
Not Available
MORPHOLOGY
Pod Weight
Average weight of fruit, in grams
433.9
CACAO.MAYAGUEZ.2007-2011
Not Available
MORPHOLOGY
Pod Width
Diameter of fruit, in centimeters
8.3
CACAO.MAYAGUEZ.2007-2011
Not Available
PRODUCTION
Dry Weight
Dry seed weight (~7.0% moisture), in grams
41.8
CACAO.MAYAGUEZ.2007-2011
Not Available
PRODUCTION
Fresh Weight
Wet seed weight, in grams
334.2
CACAO.MAYAGUEZ.2007-2011
Not Available
PRODUCTION
Pod Index
Number of pods needed to reach 1 kilogram of dry weight
23.9
CACAO.MAYAGUEZ.2007-2011
Not Available
PRODUCTION
Total Pods
Average fruits per tree per year
24.5
CACAO.MAYAGUEZ.2007-2011
Not Available
PRODUCTION
Yield
Estimated kilograms of dry weight per tree per year
1.02
CACAO.MAYAGUEZ.2007-2011
Not Available
Genotype Data
Poly Type
Marker
Value
Evaluation
Study Type
Inventory
MICROSATELLITE
MTCCIR8
292 304
CACAOSSR2007
FINGERPRNT
MICROSATELLITE
MTCCIR7
155 161
CACAOSSR2007
FINGERPRNT
MICROSATELLITE
MTCCIR60
193 195
CACAOSSR2007
FINGERPRNT
MICROSATELLITE
MTCCIR6
225 229
CACAOSSR2007
FINGERPRNT
MICROSATELLITE
MTCCIR40
259 284
CACAOSSR2007
FINGERPRNT
MICROSATELLITE
MTCCIR37
133 147
CACAOSSR2007
FINGERPRNT
MICROSATELLITE
MTCCIR33
272 282
CACAOSSR2007
FINGERPRNT
MICROSATELLITE
MTCCIR26
295 295
CACAOSSR2007
FINGERPRNT
MICROSATELLITE
MTCCIR24
185 201
CACAOSSR2007
FINGERPRNT
MICROSATELLITE
MTCCIR22
279 279
CACAOSSR2007
FINGERPRNT
MICROSATELLITE
MTCCIR18
343 345
CACAOSSR2007
FINGERPRNT
MICROSATELLITE
MTCCIR15
232 248
CACAOSSR2007
FINGERPRNT
MICROSATELLITE
MTCCIR12
204 211
CACAOSSR2007
FINGERPRNT
MICROSATELLITE
MTCCIR11
288 288
CACAOSSR2007
FINGERPRNT
MICROSATELLITE
MTCCIR1
140 140
CACAOSSR2007
FINGERPRNT