Productive, Forastero-type tree. Origin: USDA-ARS, Tropical Agriculture Research Station, Mayaguez, Puerto Rico, by R. Goenaga, H Irizarry, and B. Irish. SCA-6 × EET-62; cross made at Centro Agronómico Tropical de Investigación y Enseñanza, Turrialba, Costa Rica; selected in Puerto Rico in 1997; introd. 2002. Bean: 36.6 pod index; flavor profile of good base chocolate notes with a deep woodsy source, with slight earthy, woodsy, and mushroom notes; overall flavor quite good, very complex and dark. Tree: high yielding, more than 2,400 kg/ha dry beans. Fruit:
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