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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.
  • all available ) NPGS accessions ) or .
  • all available ) NPGS accessions by country.


Common names:

  • cupuaçú   (Source: Smith et al.) – Portuguese
  • cupuassú   (Source: Contr USNH 35:556.) – Portuguese
  • copoasú   (Source: CoopAmaz ) – Spanish
  • copoasu   (Source: Herbs Commerce ed2 ) – unknown
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Economic importance:

  • 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)

Distributional range:

      Native:
  • SOUTHERN AMERICA
    Brazil: Brazil - Maranhao [w.], Para [s.]

      Cultivated:
  • cultivated elsewhere

References:

  • 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.
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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
  • 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.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy
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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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