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Theobroma
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. The generic name is derived from the Greek words θεός (theos), meaning "god," and βρῶμα (broma), meaning "food". It translates to "food of the gods."
28 branches of this genus, most-observed first
cacao tree
speciesTheobroma cacao
Cupuaçu
speciesTheobroma grandiflorum
Cacaui
speciesTheobroma speciosum
Mocambo tree
speciesTheobroma bicolor
Theobroma subincanum
speciesTheobroma subincanum
Theobroma simiarum
speciesTheobroma simiarum
Theobroma angustifolium
speciesTheobroma angustifolium
Theobroma gileri
speciesTheobroma gileri
Theobroma velutinum
speciesTheobroma velutinum
Theobroma sylvestre
speciesTheobroma sylvestre
Theobroma flaviflorum
speciesTheobroma flaviflorum
Theobroma mammosum
speciesTheobroma mammosum
Theobroma glaucum
speciesTheobroma glaucum
Theobroma microcarpum
speciesTheobroma microcarpum
Theobroma bernoullii
speciesTheobroma bernoullii
Theobroma obovatum
speciesTheobroma obovatum
Theobroma mariae
speciesTheobroma mariae
Herrania
sectionHerrania
Theobroma hylaeum
speciesTheobroma hylaeum
Theobroma cirmolinae
speciesTheobroma cirmolinae
Theobroma kofanorum
speciesTheobroma kofanorum
Theobroma tomentellum
speciesTheobroma tomentellum
Theobroma breviligulatum
speciesTheobroma breviligulatum
Theobroma sinuosum
speciesTheobroma sinuosum
Theobroma nemorale
speciesTheobroma nemorale
Theobroma dugandii
speciesTheobroma dugandii
Theobroma purpureum
speciesTheobroma purpureum
Theobroma canumanense
speciesTheobroma canumanense
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the old herbals & bestiaries
Maria Sibylla Merian — Dissertatio de generatione et metamorphosibus insectorum Surinamensium (1719)
Maria Sibylla Merian · 1719 · p.95
The Ambonese Herbal (Herbarium Amboinense), Vol. 1
Georg Eberhard Rumphius · 1741 · p.280
History of the Plants of New Spain, Volume 3
Francisco Hernández (1517-1587) · 1946 · p.225
Elements of Botany
Joseph Pitton de Tournefort · 1719 · p.195
Christoph Jakob Trew — Uitgezochte planten (1771)
Christoph Jakob Trew · 1771 · p.240
Mark Catesby — Piscium, serpentum, insectorum (pt. 2) (1777)
Mark Catesby · 1777 · p.96
History of the Plants of New Spain, Volume 3
Francisco Hernández (1517-1587) · 1946 · p.227
In the stacks
Searching the stacks…
Every page naming Theobroma in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 64341.