Theobroma cacao
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Summary
Theobroma cacao is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.39% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (11,674 views/month, #760 of 195,241).[2]
Key Facts
- Discoverer or inventor: Christopher Columbus[3]
- Taxon rank: species[4]
- Owned by: Indigenous peoples of South America[5]
- Parent taxon: Theobroma[6]
- Location of discovery: Mexico[7]
- Taxon name: Theobroma cacao[8]
- Subclass of: useful plant[9], fruit tree[10], medicinal plant[11]
- Part of: chocolate industry[12], cocoa[13]
- Has use: afforestation[14], food[15], medicinal plant[16], psychoactive drug[17]
- Commons category: Theobroma cacao[18]
- Time of discovery or invention: 1502[19]
- Topic's main category: Category:Theobroma cacao[20]
- Commons gallery: Theobroma cacao[21]
- External data available at URL: https://www.gbif.org/dataset/31dc1507-a6e1-4233-a8df-c7a78596a7e4[22]
- Described by source: Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 49(2)[23], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[24], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[25], The Domestic Encyclopædia; Or, A Dictionary Of Facts, And Useful Knowledge[26], Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 5[27]
- GRIN URL: https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=101885[28]
- Official name: Indigenous Cacao[29]
- This taxon is source of: cocoa bean[30], cocoa powder[31], chocolate[32], cacao pod[33], smell of chocolate[34], scent of cacao[35], cocoa scent[36]
- Is pollinated by: Ceratopogonidae[37], Forcipomyia squamipennis[38]
- Native label: Cacao fructus[39], Theobroma fructus[40]
- Short name: T. cacao[41]
- Taxon common name: cacao[42], 可可樹[43], 可可[44], 黄背草[45], 可可（可可树、柯柯豆、柯柯树）[46], kakav[47]
- Different from: cacao[48], Theobroma[49]
- Indigenous to: Amazon rainforest[50]
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Identifiers
Theobroma cacao's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 3641[51]. Theobroma cacao's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 484592[52]. Theobroma cacao's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 3152205[53]. Theobroma cacao's ITIS TSN is recorded as 505487[54].
Discovery and Description
Things named for Theobroma cacao include Theobroma[55], a municipality of Brazil[56], in Brazil[57].
Why It Matters
Theobroma cacao has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[58] It is known by 82 alternative names across languages and contexts.[59]
Entities named for it include Theobroma[55], a municipality of Brazil[56], in Brazil[57].