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Theobroma cacao L.

Sterculiaceae

SC SE North America (S Mexico to Panama) South America (tropics) int SC Eurasia, W Africa and NW NC Oceania (Indonesia, Philippines)

SC SE

hel->sci hyg->mes acid

dr (the cocoa butter has varied medicinal and cosmetic applications, the seed decoction is a diuretic that can be used as a tonic for nervous and cardiac diseases, the teobromina alcaloide is drow out of the fruits) fd (fruits) fw ma (fiber) ma(ob) pl (cultivated)

Cacao guianensis Aubl. Cacao minor Gaertn. Cacao sativa Aubl. Cacao theobroma Tussac Theobroma cacao L. ssp. cacao Theobroma guianensis (Aubl.) J.F.Gmel. Theobroma leiocarpum Bernoulli Theobroma pentagonum Bernoulli Theobroma sativa (Aubl.) Lign. & Bey Theobroma sphaerocarpum Pittier

cacao chocolatetree; cacao, cacao tree, chocolate-tree; cocoa (India); mountain cacao, wild cacao (Belize)

cacaoyer commun; cacao, cacaotier, cacaoyer

bacao (Colombia); cacao (Bolivia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Venezuela); cacao amarillo (Cuba, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico); cacao criollo (Colombia, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico); cacao de monte (Ecuador, Peru); cacao dulce (Bolivia, Colombia); cacao forestero, cacao morado (Cuba, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico); cacaotero (Venezuela); cacau, caco (Guatemala); chocolate (Bolivia)

cacao (Brazil; italian); cacateiro (Brazil); cacau, cacau comum, cacau verdadeiro (portuguese, Brazil); cacaueiro (Brazil); cuculat (Guatemala); Kakaobaum (german); kakawo (creole, Haiti); kicob, kicou, pacxo (Guatemala); quemítoqui (campa asháninca, Peru)

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Latin name	Theobroma cacao L.
Family	Sterculiaceae
Distribution	SC SE North America (S Mexico to Panama) South America (tropics) int SC Eurasia, W Africa and NW NC Oceania (Indonesia, Philippines)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	M
Foliage	E
Ecology	hel->sci hyg->mes acid
Use	dr (the cocoa butter has varied medicinal and cosmetic applications, the seed decoction is a diuretic that can be used as a tonic for nervous and cardiac diseases, the teobromina alcaloide is drow out of the fruits) fd (fruits) fw ma (fiber) ma(ob) pl (cultivated)
Synonym	Cacao guianensis Aubl. Cacao minor Gaertn. Cacao sativa Aubl. Cacao theobroma Tussac Theobroma cacao L. ssp. cacao Theobroma guianensis (Aubl.) J.F.Gmel. Theobroma leiocarpum Bernoulli Theobroma pentagonum Bernoulli Theobroma sativa (Aubl.) Lign. & Bey Theobroma sphaerocarpum Pittier
English name	cacao chocolatetree; cacao, cacao tree, chocolate-tree; cocoa (India); mountain cacao, wild cacao (Belize)
French name	cacaoyer commun; cacao, cacaotier, cacaoyer
Spanish name	bacao (Colombia); cacao (Bolivia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Venezuela); cacao amarillo (Cuba, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico); cacao criollo (Colombia, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico); cacao de monte (Ecuador, Peru); cacao dulce (Bolivia, Colombia); cacao forestero, cacao morado (Cuba, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico); cacaotero (Venezuela); cacau, caco (Guatemala); chocolate (Bolivia)
Other name	cacao (Brazil; italian); cacateiro (Brazil); cacau, cacau comum, cacau verdadeiro (portuguese, Brazil); cacaueiro (Brazil); cuculat (Guatemala); Kakaobaum (german); kakawo (creole, Haiti); kicob, kicou, pacxo (Guatemala); quemítoqui (campa asháninca, Peru)
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