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Taxon: Theobroma cacao L.

Genus: Theobroma
Family: Malvaceae subfamily: Byttnerioideae tribe: Theobromateae. Also placed in: Sterculiaceae
Nomen number: 101885
Place of publication: Sp. pl. 2:782. 1753
Typification: View record from Linnaean Plant Name Typification Project of the Natural History Museum of London.
Name verified on: 07-Nov-1985 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last updated: 19-Nov-1996
Species priority site is: Natl. Germplasm Repository - Miami (MIA).
Accessions: 297 in National Plant Germplasm System.
  • all available ) NPGS accessions ) or .
  • all available ) NPGS accessions by country.


See also subordinate taxa:


Common names:

  • cacao   (Source: CRC MedHerbs ed2 ) – English
  • cacao   (Source: World Econ Pl ) – English   [Theobroma cacao subsp. cacao]
  • cocoa   (Source: Pl Res SEAs 16:113) – English
  • cacaoyer   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – French   [Theobroma cacao subsp. cacao]
  • cacaoyer   (Source: Pl Res SEAs 16:113) – French
  • Kakaopflanze   (Source: S. Reichel, p.c.) – German   [Theobroma cacao subsp. cacao]
  • kokoa   (Source: not available) – Japanese Rōmaji   [Theobroma cacao subsp. cacao]
  • cacaoeiro   (Source: D. Groth, p.c. 2005) – Portuguese (Brazil)
  • cacau   (Source: D. Groth, p.c. 2005) – Portuguese (Brazil)
  • árbol del cacao   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – Spanish   [Theobroma cacao subsp. cacao]
  • cacaotero   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – Spanish   [Theobroma cacao subsp. cacao]
  • calabacillo   (Source: Contr USNH) – Spanish   [Theobroma cacao subsp. sphaerocarpum]
  • forastero   (Source: Contr USNH) – Spanish   [Theobroma cacao subsp. sphaerocarpum]
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Economic importance:

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Distributional range:

      Native:
  • SOUTHERN AMERICA
    Mesoamerica: Belize; Guatemala; Mexico - Chiapas [s.], Tabasco
    Northern South America: French Guiana; Guyana; Suriname
    Brazil: Brazil [n.w.]
    Western South America: Colombia; Peru

      Cultivated:
  • widely cultivated

References:

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Synonyms:


Check other databases for Theobroma cacao L.:

  • New World Fruits Database: Online database from Bioversity International
  • TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
  • Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
  • ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
  • AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
  • Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.
    Note: Defaults to a search by genus or species epithet if species binomial not found.

Images:

More:
  • Check PlantSystematics.org for additional images
  • Google Images Images Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

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Cite as:
USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program.
Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Online Database].
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?101885 (09 February 2010)

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