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Taxon:
Theobroma grandiflorum
(Willd. ex Spreng.) K. Schum.
Nomenclature
Common Names
Distribution
Economic Uses
Summary
Genus:
Theobroma
Family:
Malvaceae
Subfamily:
Byttnerioideae
Tribe:
Theobromateae
Nomen number:
101891
Place of publication:
C. F. P. von Martius, Fl. bras. 12(3):76, t. 8. 1886
Verified:
11/07/1985
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0
(
0
active,
0
available)
in National Plant Germplasm System.
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
No images
Reference(s)
Alves, R. M. et al.
2007. High levels of genetic divergence and inbreeding in populations of cupuassu (
Theobroma grandiflorum
). Tree Genet. Genomes 3:289-298.
URL:
http://www.springerlink.com/content/112958/
Arkcoll, D. B. & C. R. Clemenet.
1989. Potential new food crops from the Amazon. New crops for food and industry 156, 159.
Borrone, J. W. et al.
2007. The potential of the WRKY gene family for phylogenetic reconstruction: An example from the Malvaceae. Molec. Phylogenet. Evol. 44:1143, 1146, 1147.
URL:
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/10557903
Clement, C. R. et al.
2010. Origin and domestication of native Amazonian crops. Diversity 2:72-106.
Cuatrecasas, J.
1964. Cacao and its allies: a taxonomic revision of the genus
Theobroma
. Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 35:552.
Dantas, L. G. & M. Guerra.
2009. Chromatin differentiation between
Theobroma cacao
L. and
T. grandiflorum
Schum. Genet. Molec. Biol. 33:94-98.
Facciola, S.
1990. Cornucopia, a source book of edible plants Kampong Publications.
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource).
URL:
http://ecocrop.fao.org/ecocrop/srv/en/cropListDetails?code=&relation=beginsWith&name=Theobroma+grandiflorum&quantity=1
Forzza, R. C. et al., coord.
Lista de espécies da flora do Brasil (on-line resource).
URL:
http://floradobrasil.jbrj.gov.br/2010/
Hernández L., C. & M. S. Hernández G.
2012. Growth and development of the cupuacu fruit (
Theobroma grandiflorum
(Willd. Ex Spreng.) Schum.) in the western colombian Amazon. Agron. Colomb. 30:95-102.
IPGRI.
New World Fruits Database (on-line resource).
URL:
http://www.bioversityinternational.org/databases/new_world_fruits_database/search.html
Mabberley, D. J.
2008. Mabberley's plant-book: a portable dictionary of plants, their classification and uses, ed. 3 845.
Note:
re. substitute for cocoa butter
Macbride, J. F. et al., eds.
1936-. Flora of Peru
Note:
1936-1971; new ser. 1980-
Martinson, V. A.
1966. Hybridization of cacao and
Theobroma grandiflora
. J. Heredity 57:134-136.
McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker.
2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland.
Personal Care Products Council.
INCI
URL:
http://www.personalcarecouncil.org/public/what-inci
Porcher, M. H. et al.
Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
URL:
http://www.plantnames.unimelb.edu.au/Sorting/Frontpage.html
Rehm, S. & G. Espig.
1991. The cultivated plants of the tropics and subtropics
Silva S., C. R. & A. Figueira.
2005. Phylogenetic analysis of
Theobroma
(Sterculiaceae) based on Kunitz-like trypsin inhibitor sequences. Pl. Syst. Evol. 250:94, 99, 100, 101.
URL:
http://link.springer.com/journal/volumesAndIssues/606
Silva S., C. R. et al.
2004. Description of Amazonian
Theobroma
L. collections, species identification, and characterization of interspecific hybrids. Acta Bot. Brasil. 18:333-341.
Smith, N. J. H. et al.
1992. Tropical forests and their crops. 68-75.
Vásquez Martínez, R. et al.
1997. Flórula de las Reservas Biológicas de Iquitos, Perú: Allpahuayo-Mishana, Explornapo Camp, Explorama Lodge. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 63:703.
Note:
cultivated
Venturieri, G. A.
2011. Flowering levels, harvest season and yields of cupuassu (
Theobroma grandiflorum
). Acta Amazon. 41:143-152.
Villachica, H.
1996. Frutales y hortalizas promisorios de la amazonia. Tratado de Cooperacion Amazonica. 44:103-112.
Common names
Portuguese
cupuaçú –
Reference(s)
cupuassú –
Reference(s)
Spanish
copoasú –
Reference(s)
unknown
copoasu –
Reference(s)
Distribution
Exportable format
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Status
Continent
Subcontinent
Country
State
Note
1
Native
Southern America
Brazil
Brazil
Acre
w.
1
Native
Southern America
Brazil
Brazil
Amazonas
1
Native
Southern America
Brazil
Brazil
Pará
s.
2
Cultivated
Southern America
Brazil
Brazil
also cult.
2
Cultivated
Southern America
Western South America
Colombia
Caquetá
2
Cultivated
Southern America
Western South America
Ecuador
2
Cultivated
Southern America
Western South America
Peru
Loreto
Native
Southern America
BRAZIL:
Brazil
[Acre (w.), Amazonas, Pará (s.)]
Cultivated
Southern America
BRAZIL:
Brazil
(also cult.)
WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA:
Colombia
[Caquetá],
Ecuador
,
Peru
[Loreto]
Economic Uses
Usage
Type
Note
Reference
Food additives
flavoring
Rehm, S. & G. Espig.
1991. The cultivated plants of the tropics and subtropics
Human food
beverage base
Villachica, H.
1996. Frutales y hortalizas promisorios de la amazonia. Tratado de Cooperacion Amazonica. 44:103-112.
Materials
lipids
as a substitute for cocoa butter
Mabberley, D. J.
2008. Mabberley's plant-book: a portable dictionary of plants, their classification and uses, ed. 3 845.
Note:
re. substitute for cocoa butter
Medicines
folklore
McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker.
2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland.
Name
References