Taxon: Theobroma grandiflorum (Willd. ex Spreng.) K. Schum.
Genus: Theobroma
Family: Malvaceae subfamily: Byttnerioideae tribe: Theobromateae. Also placed in:
Sterculiaceae
Nomen number: 101891
Place of publication: C. F. P. von Martius, Fl. bras. 12:76, t. 8. 1886
Name verified on: 07-Nov-1985 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last updated: 21-Aug-2006
No species priority site assigned. Accessions:
1 in National Plant Germplasm System.
- cupuaçú (Source: Smith et al.) – Portuguese
- cupuassú (Source: Contr USNH 35:556.) – Portuguese
- copoasú (Source: CoopAmaz
) – Spanish
- copoasu (Source: Herbs Commerce ed2
) – unknown
- More:
- Food additives: flavoring (fide CultTropS)
- Human food: beverage base (fide CoopAmaz 44:111.)
- Materials: lipids (as a substitute for cocoa butter)
- Medicines: folklore (fide Herbs Commerce ed2)
Native:
- SOUTHERN AMERICA
Brazil: Brazil - Maranhao [w.], Para [s.]
Cultivated:
- Arkcoll, D. B. & C. R. Clement in G. E. Wickens et al.
1989. Potential new food crops from the Amazon.
In: Wickens, G. E. et al., eds., New crops for food and industry. (New Crops Food Ind)
156, 159.
- Cuatrecasas, J.
1964. Cacao and its allies: a taxonomic revision of the genus Theobroma.
Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb.
35:552.
- Facciola, S.
1990. Cornucopia, a source book of edible plants. (Cornucopia)
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO).
2010. Ecocrop - on-line resource. (Ecocrop)
- IPGRI.
New World Fruits Database - on-line resource. (New World Fruits)
- Macbride, J. F. et al., eds.
1936–1971. Flora of Peru.; new ser. 1980- (F Peru)
- McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker.
2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2. (Herbs Commerce ed2)
- Porcher, M. H. et al.
Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) - on-line resource. (Pl Names)
- Rehm, S. & G. Espig.
1991. The cultivated plants of the tropics and subtropics. (CultTropS)
- Smith, N. J. H. et al.
1992. Tropical forests and their crops.
68–75.
- Villachica, H.
1996. Frutales y hortalizas promisorios de la amazonia.
In: Secretaria Pro-Tempore, Tratado de Cooperacion Amazonica. (CoopAmaz)
44:103–112.
- More:
Check other databases for Theobroma grandiflorum (Willd. ex Spreng.) K. Schum.:
- 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
-
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?101891 (09 February 2010)
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