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Details for: PI 668481,
Theobroma cacao
L., 'POUND 7/C Fld 6B'
Summary
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Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Theobroma cacao
L.
Cultivar:
'POUND 7/C Fld 6B'
Origin:
Donated – Trinidad, Trinidad and Tobago
Maintained:
Tropical Agriculture Research Station
Received by NPGS:
07 Oct 2008
Improvement Status:
Clone
Form Received:
Budwood
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Plant
1 count
TARS 18128 PL
Distributed as: Scionwood/Budwood (Any time), Fruit (Seasonal)
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Theobroma cacao
L.
Cultivar:
'POUND 7/C Fld 6B'
Origin:
Donated – Trinidad, Trinidad and Tobago
Maintained:
Tropical Agriculture Research Station
Received by NPGS:
07 Oct 2008
Improvement Status:
Clone
Form Received:
Budwood
Source History
Donated
Trinidad, Trinidad and Tobago
Donor(s):
Cocoa Research Unit
28 July 2008.
Florida, United States
Comment:
From USDA, ARS, SHRS (5 Budwood)
Donor(s):
Winterstein, Mike, USDA, ARS
Accession Names and Identifiers
'POUND 7/C Fld 6B'
Type: Cultivar name
Pound, Amazonia, Peru
TARS 18128
Type: Site identifier
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)
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MORPHOLOGY
Number of Seeds
Number of seed per fruit
36.6
CACAO.MAYAGUEZ.2019-2024
Not Available
MORPHOLOGY
Pod Length
Length of fruit, in centimeters
14.4
CACAO.MAYAGUEZ.2019-2024
Not Available
MORPHOLOGY
Pod Weight
Average weight of fruit, in grams
322.6
CACAO.MAYAGUEZ.2019-2024
Not Available
MORPHOLOGY
Pod Width
Diameter of fruit, in centimeters
7.2
CACAO.MAYAGUEZ.2019-2024
Not Available
MORPHOLOGY
Pod Color
Color of the fruit
3 - yellow
CACAO.MAYAGUEZ.2019-2024
Not Available
MORPHOLOGY
Seed Color
Color of the fruit seed
1 - purple
CACAO.MAYAGUEZ.2019-2024
Not Available
MORPHOLOGY
Pod Husk Thickness
Measures the thickness of the husk, in cm
1.1535
CACAO.MAYAGUEZ.2019-2024
Not Available
MORPHOLOGY
Seeds Weight
Weight of the seeds, in grams
85.554
CACAO.MAYAGUEZ.2019-2024
Not Available