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|familia=Sterculiaceae
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|genus=Theobroma
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|lifespan=perennial
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|image=Cacao.jpeg
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|image_caption=''Theobroma cacao'' fruit
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'''''Theobroma''''' is a [[genus]] of about 20 species in the family [[Sterculiaceae]] or sometimes classified as [[Malvaceae]]. They are small [[understory]] [[tree]]s native to the tropical forests of [[Central America|Central]] and [[South America]]. The scientific name translates to "drink of the gods".
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Theobroma (Greek, food of the gods). Sterculiaceae. Here belong the trees that produce the seed from which chocolate and cocoa are derived.
Theobroma (Greek, food of the gods). Sterculiaceae. Here belong the trees that produce the seed from which chocolate and cocoa are derived.
==Species==
==Species==
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*''[[Theobroma angustifolium]]''
*''[[Theobroma bicolor]]'' - Mocambo
*''[[Cacao|Theobroma cacao]]'' - Cacao
*''[[Theobroma glauca]]''
*''[[Cupuaçu|Theobroma grandiflorum]]'' - Cupuaçu
*''[[Theobroma leiocarpa]]''
*''[[Theobroma mammosum]]''
*''[[Theobroma mariae]]''
*''[[Theobroma martiana]]''
*''[[Theobroma microcarpa]]''
*''[[Theobroma pentagona]]''
*''[[Theobroma purpureum]]''
*''[[Theobroma simiarum]]''
*''[[Theobroma speciosa]]'' - Cacaui
*''[[Theobroma subincana]]''<!-- Revista Brasileira de Psiquiatria 28(4): 277 -->
==Gallery==
==Gallery==
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Image:Upload.png| photo 1
Image:Theobroma fruits.jpg| From left to right: ''T. grandiflorum, T. bicolor, T. speciosa, T.cacao''
Image:Upload.png| photo 2
Image:Upload.png| photo 2
Image:Upload.png| photo 3
Image:Upload.png| photo 3
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