Theobroma cacao

Translingual

Theobroma cacao ripe fruit

Proper noun

Theobroma cacao n

1. A taxonomic species within the family Malvaceae – the cacao tree, native to tropical Central and South America, whose fruit is the source of chocolate.

Hypernyms

• (species): Malvales - order; Malvaceae - family; Byttnerioideae - subfamily; Theobromeae - tribe; Theobroma - genus; Theobroma sect. Theobroma - section

Hyponyms

• (species):

See also

• List of sequenced plant genomes on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

References

• Theobroma cacao on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Theobroma cacao on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Theobroma cacao on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Theobroma cacao at USDA Plants database
• Theobroma cacao at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
• Theobroma cacao at National Center for Biotechnology Information
• Theobroma cacao at Germplasm Resources Information Network
• Theobroma+cacao at The Plant List