Theobroma
Genus of flowering plants in the mallow family Malvaceae / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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For the city in Brazil, see Theobroma, Rondônia.
Theobroma is a genus of flowering plants in the mallow family, Malvaceae, that is sometimes classified as a member of Sterculiaceae. It contains roughly 20 species of small understory trees native to the tropical forests of Central and South America.[2]
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Theobroma | |
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Theobroma cacao fruit | |
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Malvales |
Family: | Malvaceae |
Subfamily: | Byttnerioideae |
Tribe: | Theobromateae |
Genus: | Theobroma L.[1] |
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Theobroma cacao | |
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The seeds of the cacao tree (Theobroma cacao), the best known species of the genus, are used for making chocolate. Cupuaçu (Theobroma grandiflorum), mocambo (Theobroma bicolor) and capacui (Theobroma speciosum) are also of economic importance.