Productive, Forastero-type tree. Origin: USDA-ARS, Tropical Agriculture Research Station, Mayaguez, Puerto Rico, by R. Goenaga, H Irizarry, and B. Irish. EET-400 × SCA-12; cross made at Centro Agronómico Tropical de Investigación y Enseñanza, Turrialba, Costa Rica; selected in Puerto Rico in 1997; introd. 2002. Bean: 28.7 pod index; flavor profile of very mild chocolate notes up front with low overall bitterness and a distinct, persistent nut character; aftertaste has residual nut/nut skins note; very good chocolate. Tree: high yielding, more than 2,070 kg/ha dry beans. Fruit:
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