SCA-6
Variety of Cacao · Theobroma cacao
Famous witches'-broom-resistant Amazon clone, central to worldwide resistance breeding.
Also known as: Scavina 6
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5🇵🇪 Peru
Taste & characteristics
Taste
firmbitter
Profile
- Parentage
- Oberer-Amazonas-Forastero (Scavina, Peru)
- Breeder
- F.J. Pound (Sammelexpedition)
- Pollination
- dioecious – separate male and female plants
Description
Fruit
Small, strong beans with an astringent profile. Important chiefly as a resistance source, less as a flavour cacao.
Growth
Collected by F.J. Pound in the Peruvian Amazon; high resistance to witches' broom and frosty pod rot. Very vigorous growth.
Yield
Good yield; harvested year-round. Used worldwide as a resistance parent in crosses (incl. the TSH series).
Notes
One of the most important resistance clones in modern cacao breeding.
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