Theobroma cacao: 1 definition

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Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Latin names; Binomial nomenclature)

Theobroma cacao L. is the name of a plant defined in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in modern medicine, Ayurveda, and other local traditions or folk medicine. It has the following synonyms: Cacao guianensis Aubl., Cacao minus Gaertn., Cacao sativa Aubl., Cacao theobroma Tussac, Theobroma cacao fo. leiocarpum (Bernoulli) Ducke, Theobroma cacao subsp. leiocarpum (Bernoulli) Cuatrec., Theobroma cacao subsp. pentagona (Bernoulli) León, Theobroma cacao subsp. sativa (Aubl.) León, Theobroma cacao var. leiocarpa (Bernoulli) Cif., Theobroma cacao var. typica Cif., Theobroma caribaea Sweet, Theobroma integerrima Stokes, Theobroma kalagua De Wild., Theobroma leiocarpum Bernoulli, Theobroma pentagonum Bernoulli, Theobroma saltzmanniana Bernoulli, Theobroma sapidum Pittier, Theobroma sativa (Aubl.) Lign. & Le Bey, Theobroma sativa var. leucosperma A. Chev., Theobroma sativa var. melanosperma A. Chev., Theobroma sphaerocarpum A. Chev..

References regarding Theobroma cacao L. for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity:

· Species Plantarum (1753)
· The Gardeners Dictionary (1754)
· Histoire des plantes de la Guiane Françoise (1775)
· Systema vegetabilium
· Bulletin de la Société Linnéenne de Normandie (1904)
· Mem. Cl. Sci. Fis. Mat. Nat. Reale Accad. Italia (1933)
· Rodriguésia (1940)
· Regnum Vegetabile, or ‘a Series of Handbooks for the Use of Plant Taxonomists and Plant Geographers’ (1993)
· Acta Bot. Venez. (2005)

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