Open Cacao Index — genetic atlas

239 cacao origins across the ten genetic clusters of Theobroma cacao L.

Each point on the map is a documented cacao origin, coloured by its primary genetic cluster. Click a chip below to isolate one cluster; click a point to read its record.

Motamayor et al. 2008, PLoS ONE 3(10):e3311 (genetic clusters)

239origins mapped
50producing countries
10genetic clusters
EquatorTropic of CancerTropic of CapricornFar North Queensland — Australia — mixed or undeterminedIxcacao — San Felipe — Belize — Criollo — primary clusterStann Creek — Belize — mixed or undeterminedToledo (Maya Mountain) — Belize — Criollo — primary clusterToledo Cacao Growers Association (TCGA) — Belize — Criollo — primary clusterAlto Beni — Bolivia — mixed or undeterminedBaures — Itenez wild cacao — Bolivia — Amelonado — primary clusterBaures / Iténez — Bolivia — mixed or undeterminedEl Ceibo (Alto Beni) — Bolivia — mixed or undeterminedTrópico de Cochabamba — Bolivia — mixed or undeterminedWild Bolivian Amazon Cacao (Beni) — Bolivia — mixed or undeterminedBahia (Ilhéus) — Brazil — Amelonado — primary clusterBahia cabruca — Cocoa Coast — Brazil — Amelonado — primary clusterLinhares (Espírito Santo) — Brazil — mixed or undeterminedMedicilândia (Transamazônica) — Brazil — mixed or undeterminedRondônia — Brazil — mixed or undeterminedTomé-Açu (Pará) — Brazil — Amelonado — primary clusterTransamazônica — central Pará — Brazil — mixed or undeterminedVale do Juruá — Acre native cacao — Brazil — Amelonado — primary clusterBarombi-Kang (IRAD regional trial) — Cameroon — mixed or undeterminedCameroon (bulk cacao) — Cameroon — Amelonado — primary clusterMbangassina (Grand Mbam) — Cameroon — Amelonado — primary clusterPHP (Penja) — Cameroon — mixed or undeterminedSouth-West (Meme) — Cameroon — Amelonado — primary clusterAntioquia — Colombia — mixed or undeterminedArauca — Colombia — mixed or undeterminedCaquetá Amazon piedmont — Colombia — mixed or undeterminedCundinamarca — Yacopí / Pacho — Colombia — mixed or undeterminedHuila — Colombia — mixed or undeterminedSantander — Colombia — mixed or undeterminedSierra Nevada de Santa Marta — Colombia — Criollo — primary clusterTolima — Colombia — mixed or undeterminedTumaco — Colombia — mixed or undeterminedTalamanca — Costa Rica — mixed or undeterminedTalamanca — APPTA — Costa Rica — mixed or undeterminedUpala — Costa Rica — mixed or undeterminedAbengourou (Indénié-Djuablin) — Côte d'Ivoire — Amelonado — primary clusterCAPEDIG (Duékoué) — Côte d'Ivoire — Amelonado — primary clusterCôte d'Ivoire (bulk cacao) — Côte d'Ivoire — Amelonado — primary clusterECAM (Méagui) — Côte d'Ivoire — Amelonado — primary clusterSCEB (Agnéby-Tiassa) — Côte d'Ivoire — Amelonado — primary clusterSoubré (Nawa) — Côte d'Ivoire — Amelonado — primary clusterBaracoa — Cuba — mixed or undeterminedBaracoa — Jamal central processing — Cuba — Amelonado — primary clusterEsco Kivu (Beni-Watalinga) — Democratic Republic of the Congo — Amelonado — primary clusterNorth Kivu / Beni — Democratic Republic of the Congo — mixed or undeterminedTshopo (Bengamisa) — Democratic Republic of the Congo — Amelonado — primary clusterBois Cotlette — Dominica — Criollo — primary clusterCONACADO — Dominican Republic — Amelonado — primary clusterCOOPROAGRO — Dominican Republic — Amelonado — primary clusterHato Mayor — Dominican Republic — Amelonado — primary clusterHispaniola (San Francisco de Macorís) — Dominican Republic — Amelonado — primary clusterÖko Caribe — Dominican Republic — Amelonado — primary clusterReserva Zorzal — Dominican Republic — Amelonado — primary clusterSan Francisco de Macorís — Dominican Republic — Amelonado — primary clusterYamasá — Dominican Republic — Amelonado — primary clusterArriba Nacional — Ecuador — Nacional — primary clusterCamino Verde (Balao) — Ecuador — Nacional — primary clusterEl Oro — Ecuador — Nacional — primary clusterEsmeraldas — Ecuador — Nacional — primary clusterGuayas — Ecuador — Nacional — primary clusterHacienda Limón — Ecuador — Nacional — primary clusterLos Ríos — Ecuador — Nacional — primary clusterManabí — Ecuador — Nacional — primary clusterNapo (Kallari) — Ecuador — Nacional — primary clusterNorte de Esmeraldas — APROCANE — Ecuador — Nacional — primary clusterSucumbíos — Ecuador — Nacional — primary clusterVinces — Ecuador — Nacional — primary clusterZamora-Chinchipe — APEOSAE — Ecuador — Nacional — primary clusterVanua Levu — Fiji — mixed or undeterminedABOCFA (Suhum) — Ghana — Amelonado — primary clusterGhana (West African Amelonado) — Ghana — Amelonado — primary clusterJuabeso-Bia — Ghana — Amelonado — primary clusterKuapa Kokoo — Ghana — Amelonado — primary clusterOffinso Fine Flavour Cooperative — Ghana — Amelonado — primary clusterSefwi-Wiawso — Ghana — Amelonado — primary clusterYayra Glover (Suhum) — Ghana — Amelonado — primary clusterGrenada — Grenada — mixed or undeterminedGrenada Chocolate Cooperative — Hermitage — Grenada — Criollo — primary clusterAlta Verapaz — Guatemala — mixed or undeterminedCahabón — Guatemala — mixed or undeterminedIzabal — Guatemala — mixed or undeterminedLachuá — Guatemala — mixed or undeterminedPolochic Valley — Guatemala — mixed or undeterminedSuchitepéquez — Guatemala — mixed or undeterminedGuinea (bulk cacao) — Guinea — Amelonado — primary clusterAcul-du-Nord — Haiti — Criollo — primary clusterGrand-Anse — Dame-Marie — Haiti — Criollo — primary clusterGrand'Anse — Haiti — mixed or undeterminedNord (FECCANO) — Haiti — mixed or undeterminedAtlántida (Pico Bonito) — Honduras — mixed or undeterminedCholoma — APACH — Honduras — mixed or undeterminedCopán — Honduras — mixed or undeterminedPatuca — Tawahka — Honduras — mixed or undeterminedWampusirpi — Honduras — mixed or undeterminedEast Godavari — India — mixed or undeterminedIdukki — India — mixed or undeterminedKarnataka — India — mixed or undeterminedKerala — India — mixed or undeterminedTamil Nadu — India — Amelonado — primary clusterWest Godavari — India — mixed or undeterminedAceh — Indonesia — mixed or undeterminedBali — Indonesia — mixed or undeterminedFlores — Indonesia — mixed or undeterminedHalmahera — Indonesia — mixed or undeterminedJava — Indonesia — Criollo — primary clusterLampung — Indonesia — mixed or undeterminedMamuju — Indonesia — mixed or undeterminedPolewali Mandar — Indonesia — mixed or undeterminedRansiki — Indonesia — mixed or undeterminedSulawesi — Indonesia — mixed or undeterminedJamaica — Jamaica — mixed or undeterminedMorgan's Valley, Clarendon — Jamaica — Amelonado — primary clusterRichmond, Saint Mary — Jamaica — Amelonado — primary clusterLiberia (bulk cacao) — Liberia — Amelonado — primary clusterLofa (Voinjama / Foya) — Liberia — Amelonado — primary clusterNimba (Karnplay) — Liberia — Amelonado — primary clusterÅkesson's Ambolikapiky — Madagascar — Criollo — primary clusterAly Robert (Antsatsaka) — Madagascar — Criollo — primary clusterFOFIFA Ankatafahely (Ambanja) — Madagascar — Criollo — primary clusterMAVA Plantation (Sambirano) — Madagascar — Criollo — primary clusterMillot Estate (Bejofo) — Madagascar — Criollo — primary clusterSambirano Valley — Madagascar — Criollo — primary clusterT'MAR (Upper Sambirano) — Madagascar — Criollo — primary clusterSabah (Tawau) — Malaysia — mixed or undeterminedSarawak — Malaysia — mixed or undeterminedComalcalco — Chontalpa — Mexico — Criollo — primary clusterComalcalco — Hacienda Jesús María (CACEP) — Mexico — Amelonado — primary clusterLos Tuxtlas — Mexico — mixed or undeterminedOaxaca (Chinantla) — Mexico — mixed or undeterminedSoconusco — Mexico — Criollo — primary clusterTabasco — Mexico — Criollo — primary clusterTapachula — Soconusco heirloom cooperatives — Mexico — Criollo — primary clusterYucatán rejolladas (sacred Maya cacao groves) — Mexico — Criollo — primary clusterMatagalpa — Nicaragua — mixed or undeterminedMining Triangle — Bonanza, Siuna, Rosita — Nicaragua — mixed or undeterminedNueva Guinea — Nicaragua — mixed or undeterminedRío San Juan — Nicaragua — mixed or undeterminedWaslala — Nicaragua — mixed or undeterminedCRIN (Ajassor seed garden) — Nigeria — mixed or undeterminedCross River (Ikom-Etung-Boki) — Nigeria — Amelonado — primary clusterNigeria (bulk cacao) — Nigeria — Amelonado — primary clusterBocas del Toro — Panama — mixed or undeterminedCOCABO — Bocas del Toro — Panama — mixed or undeterminedComarca Ngäbe-Buglé — Panama — mixed or undeterminedBougainville — Papua New Guinea — mixed or undeterminedEast Sepik — Papua New Guinea — mixed or undeterminedKarkar Island — Papua New Guinea — mixed or undeterminedMadang — Papua New Guinea — mixed or undeterminedNew Britain — Papua New Guinea — mixed or undeterminedNew Ireland — Papua New Guinea — mixed or undeterminedAmazonas (Bagua) — Peru — mixed or undeterminedChuncho — Peru — Contamana — primary clusterHuánuco (Tingo María) — Peru — mixed or undeterminedMadre de Dios — Peru — mixed or undeterminedMarañón Canyon — Peru — Nacional — primary clusterOxapampa — Yánesha & Asháninka — Peru — mixed or undeterminedPiura Blanco — Peru — Nacional — primary clusterQuillabamba — Alto Urubamba — Peru — Contamana — primary clusterSan Martín — Peru — mixed or undeterminedSan Martín — ACOPAGRO — Peru — mixed or undeterminedSatipo — Peru — mixed or undeterminedUcayali — Peru — Contamana — primary clusterVizcatán del Ene — VRAEM — Peru — mixed or undeterminedBatangas — Philippines — Criollo — primary clusterBohol — Philippines — mixed or undeterminedCebu — Philippines — Criollo — primary clusterDavao — Philippines — mixed or undeterminedDavao de Oro — Philippines — mixed or undeterminedDavao Oriental — Philippines — mixed or undeterminedNegros Occidental — Philippines — Criollo — primary clusterHacienda Chocolat (Fajardo) — Puerto Rico — mixed or undeterminedSaint Lucia Island Growers — Saint Lucia — Criollo — primary clusterSamoa — Samoa — mixed or undeterminedCECAB (São Tomé) — São Tomé and Príncipe — Amelonado — primary clusterCECAQ-11 (São Tomé) — São Tomé and Príncipe — Amelonado — primary clusterPríncipe (Terreiro Velho) — São Tomé and Príncipe — Amelonado — primary clusterRoça Agostinho Neto (Rio do Ouro) — São Tomé and Príncipe — Amelonado — primary clusterRoça Bombaim — São Tomé and Príncipe — Amelonado — primary clusterRoça Diogo Vaz — São Tomé and Príncipe — Amelonado — primary clusterSão Tomé (roça cacao) — São Tomé and Príncipe — Amelonado — primary clusterNgoleagorbu (Kenema-Kailahun, Gola) — Sierra Leone — Amelonado — primary clusterSierra Leone (bulk cacao) — Sierra Leone — Amelonado — primary clusterGuadalcanal — Solomon Islands — mixed or undeterminedMakira — Solomon Islands — mixed or undeterminedMalaita — Solomon Islands — mixed or undeterminedSolomon Islands — Solomon Islands — mixed or undeterminedKandy — Sri Lanka — Criollo — primary clusterKurunegala — Sri Lanka — Criollo — primary clusterMatale — Sri Lanka — mixed or undeterminedRabot Estate (Soufrière) — St. Lucia — mixed or undeterminedKokoa Kamili (Kilombero Valley) — Tanzania — mixed or undeterminedKyela (Mababu) — Tanzania — mixed or undeterminedMababu Cooperative — Tanzania — mixed or undeterminedMbeya (Southern Highlands) — Tanzania — mixed or undeterminedTanga (Usambara historical) — Tanzania — Amelonado — primary clusterChanthaburi — Thailand — mixed or undeterminedChiang Mai — Thailand — Criollo — primary clusterChumphon — Thailand — mixed or undeterminedKpalimé-Akébou (Choco Togo / Vision+) — Togo — Amelonado — primary clusterTogo (bulk cacao) — Togo — Amelonado — primary clusterBrasso Seco — Trinidad and Tobago — Criollo — primary clusterFour Roads Tamana — Trinidad and Tobago — Criollo — primary clusterHeights of Aripo — Trinidad and Tobago — Criollo — primary clusterInternational Cocoa Genebank, Trinidad (ICGT) — Centeno — Trinidad and Tobago — Criollo — primary clusterLopinot — Trinidad and Tobago — Criollo — primary clusterMarper Farm — Trinidad and Tobago — Marañón — primary clusterTableland — Trinidad and Tobago — Criollo — primary clusterTobago (Roxborough) — Trinidad and Tobago — Criollo — primary clusterTobago Cocoa Estate — Trinidad and Tobago — Criollo — primary clusterTrinitario Heartland — Trinidad and Tobago — Criollo — primary clusterBundibugyo / Semuliki — Uganda — mixed or undeterminedMukono-Buikwe — Uganda — mixed or undeterminedSemuliki Forest (Latitude Trade) — Uganda — mixed or undeterminedHawai'i Island — United States — mixed or undeterminedO'ahu (Waialua) — United States — mixed or undeterminedAore — Vanuatu — mixed or undeterminedEpi — Vanuatu — mixed or undeterminedMalekula — Vanuatu — mixed or undeterminedCanoabo — Venezuela — Criollo — primary clusterCarenero (Barlovento) — Venezuela — mixed or undeterminedCaripito — Venezuela — mixed or undeterminedChoroní — Venezuela — mixed or undeterminedChuao — Venezuela — mixed or undeterminedCuyagua — Venezuela — mixed or undeterminedHacienda San José (Paria) — Venezuela — Criollo — primary clusterOcumare de la Costa — Venezuela — mixed or undeterminedPatanemo — Venezuela — mixed or undeterminedPorcelana — Venezuela — Criollo — primary clusterRío Caribe — Venezuela — mixed or undeterminedSur del Lago — Venezuela — Criollo — primary clusterYaracuy — Güáquira — Venezuela — mixed or undeterminedBà Rịa-Vũng Tàu — Vietnam — mixed or undeterminedBến Tre — Vietnam — mixed or undeterminedĐắk Lắk — Vietnam — mixed or undeterminedĐắk Nông — Vietnam — mixed or undeterminedĐồng Nai — Vietnam — mixed or undeterminedLâm Đồng — Vietnam — mixed or undeterminedTiền Giang — Vietnam — mixed or undetermined

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