Cultivar PH 16
(a Forastero hybrid resulting from the crossing between cultivars
Forastero do Alto Amazônico and Trinitario) was identified
in 1996 from a population of hybrid cocoa plants at the Porto
Híbrido Farm, municipality of São José da Vitória, BA. Cultivar
TSH 1188 (Trinidad Selected Hybrids, a trinitarian hybrid),
originates from Trinidad and Tobago, located close to the west
coast of Venezuela, and presents resistance to witches’ broom
disease and excellent productivity.