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Details for: PI 668454,
Theobroma cacao
L., CACAO TARS 15
Summary
Passport
Taxonomy
Other
Pedigree
IPR
Observation
Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Theobroma cacao
L.
Top Name:
CACAO TARS 15
Origin:
Developed – Puerto Rico, United States
Maintained:
Tropical Agriculture Research Station
Received by NPGS:
1982
Improvement Status:
Cultivar
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Tree
Life Habit:
Tree
Availability
Form
Quantity
Note
Inventory
Cart
Plant
1 count
TARS 17834 A PL
Distributed as: Scionwood/Budwood (Any time), Fruit (Seasonal)
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(3
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Theobroma cacao
L.
Top Name:
CACAO TARS 15
Origin:
Developed – Puerto Rico, United States
Maintained:
Tropical Agriculture Research Station
Received by NPGS:
1982
Improvement Status:
Cultivar
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Tree
Life Habit:
Tree
Source History
Developed
2000.
Puerto Rico, United States
Accession Names and Identifiers
CACAO TARS 15
Type: Developer identifier
TARS 17834 A
Type: Site identifier
TARS 17834 B
Type: Site identifier
TARS 17834
Type: Inventory
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
References
Annotations
Other Links
Accession at ICGD
Actions
Pathogens
Vouchers
Citations
Goenaga, R. et al.
2009. TARS Series of Cacao Germplasm Selections. HortScience 44(3):826-827.
Number of accessions cited:
9
Pedigree
Description:
SCA-6 x EET-62
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
1.0
CACAO.MAYAGUEZ.2007-2011
Not Available
MORPHOLOGY
Number of Seeds
Number of seed per fruit
29.3
CACAO.MAYAGUEZ.2007-2011
Not Available
MORPHOLOGY
Pod Length
Length of fruit, in centimeters
17.1
CACAO.MAYAGUEZ.2007-2011
Not Available
MORPHOLOGY
Pod Weight
Average weight of fruit, in grams
352.4
CACAO.MAYAGUEZ.2007-2011
Not Available
MORPHOLOGY
Pod Width
Diameter of fruit, in centimeters
7.7
CACAO.MAYAGUEZ.2007-2011
Not Available
MORPHOLOGY
Plant Height
Plant height in meters
2.96
CACAO.COROZAL.GFTD.2015
Not Available
MORPHOLOGY
Plant Height
Plant height in meters
3.11
CACAO.COROZAL.SE.2015
Not Available
MORPHOLOGY
Stem Diameter
Stem diameter in centimeters
13.60
CACAO.COROZAL.GFTD.2015
Not Available
MORPHOLOGY
Stem Diameter
Stem diameter in centimeters
13.90
CACAO.COROZAL.SE.2015
Not Available
PRODUCTION
Dry Weight
Dry seed weight (~7.0% moisture), in grams
28.0
CACAO.MAYAGUEZ.2007-2011
Not Available
PRODUCTION
Fresh Weight
Wet seed weight, in grams
283.3
CACAO.MAYAGUEZ.2007-2011
Not Available
PRODUCTION
Pod Index
Number of pods needed to reach 1 kilogram of dry weight
35.8
CACAO.MAYAGUEZ.2007-2011
Not Available
PRODUCTION
Pod Index
Number of pods needed to reach 1 kilogram of dry weight
40.2
CACAO.COROZAL.GFTD.2015
Not Available
PRODUCTION
Pod Index
Number of pods needed to reach 1 kilogram of dry weight
45.9
CACAO.COROZAL.SE.2015
Not Available
PRODUCTION
Total Pods
Average fruits per tree per year
36.5
CACAO.MAYAGUEZ.2007-2011
Not Available
PRODUCTION
Total Pods
Average fruits per tree per year
57701.0
CACAO.COROZAL.GFTD.2015
Not Available
PRODUCTION
Total Pods
Average fruits per tree per year
65322.0
CACAO.COROZAL.SE.2015
Not Available
PRODUCTION
Yield
Estimated kilograms of dry weight per tree per year
1.02
CACAO.MAYAGUEZ.2007-2011
Not Available
PRODUCTION
Dry weight per year (kg/tree)
Mean dry bean weight per year, per tree in kilograms
1.13
CACAO.COROZAL.GFTD.2015
Not Available
PRODUCTION
Dry weight per year (kg/tree)
Mean dry bean weight per year, per tree in kilograms
1.16
CACAO.COROZAL.SE.2015
Not Available
PRODUCTION
Dry Weight Per Hectare
Mean dry bean weight per year (kg per hectare)
1514.7
CACAO.COROZAL.GFTD.2015
Not Available
PRODUCTION
Dry Weight Per Hectare
Mean dry bean weight per year (kg per hectare)
1561.8
CACAO.COROZAL.SE.2015
Not Available
Genotype Data
Poly Type
Marker
Value
Evaluation
Study Type
Inventory
MICROSATELLITE
MTCCIR8
288 304
CACAOSSR2007
FINGERPRNT
TARS 17834 A PL
MICROSATELLITE
MTCCIR7
155 159
CACAOSSR2007
FINGERPRNT
TARS 17834 A PL
MICROSATELLITE
MTCCIR60
193 195
CACAOSSR2007
FINGERPRNT
TARS 17834 A PL
MICROSATELLITE
MTCCIR6
225 235
CACAOSSR2007
FINGERPRNT
TARS 17834 A PL
MICROSATELLITE
MTCCIR40
259 284
CACAOSSR2007
FINGERPRNT
TARS 17834 A PL
MICROSATELLITE
MTCCIR37
133 154
CACAOSSR2007
FINGERPRNT
TARS 17834 A PL
MICROSATELLITE
MTCCIR33
272 282
CACAOSSR2007
FINGERPRNT
TARS 17834 A PL
MICROSATELLITE
MTCCIR26
282 295
CACAOSSR2007
FINGERPRNT
TARS 17834 A PL
MICROSATELLITE
MTCCIR24
185 185
CACAOSSR2007
FINGERPRNT
TARS 17834 A PL
MICROSATELLITE
MTCCIR22
279 290
CACAOSSR2007
FINGERPRNT
TARS 17834 A PL
MICROSATELLITE
MTCCIR18
343 345
CACAOSSR2007
FINGERPRNT
TARS 17834 A PL
MICROSATELLITE
MTCCIR15
232 248
CACAOSSR2007
FINGERPRNT
TARS 17834 A PL
MICROSATELLITE
MTCCIR12
204 211
CACAOSSR2007
FINGERPRNT
TARS 17834 A PL
MICROSATELLITE
MTCCIR11
315 315
CACAOSSR2007
FINGERPRNT
TARS 17834 A PL
MICROSATELLITE
MTCCIR1
127 140
CACAOSSR2007
FINGERPRNT
TARS 17834 A PL