cacao

Summary

cacao is a taxon^[1]. cacao has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]

Key Facts

• cacao is credited with the discovery of Christopher Columbus^[3].
• cacao's instance of is recorded as taxon^[4].
• cacao is classified at the rank of species^[5].
• cacao is owned by Indigenous peoples of South America^[6].
• cacao is classified within Theobroma^[7].
• cacao's location of discovery is recorded as Mexico^[8].
• cacao's scientific name is Theobroma cacao^[9].
• cacao is a type of useful plant^[10].
• cacao is a type of fruit tree^[11].
• cacao is a type of medicinal plant^[12].
• cacao is part of chocolate industry^[13].
• cacao is part of cocoa^[14].
• cacao is used for afforestation^[15].
• cacao is used for food^[16].
• cacao is used for medicinal plant^[17].
• cacao is used for psychoactive drug^[18].
• cacao's Commons category is recorded as Theobroma cacao^[19].
• cacao's time of discovery or invention is recorded as 1502^[20].
• cacao's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Theobroma cacao^[21].
• cacao's Commons gallery is recorded as Theobroma cacao^[22].
• cacao's external data available at URL is recorded as https://www.gbif.org/dataset/31dc1507-a6e1-4233-a8df-c7a78596a7e4^[23].
• cacao's described by source is recorded as Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 49(2)^[24].
• cacao's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[25].
• cacao's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[26].
• cacao's described by source is recorded as The Domestic Encyclopædia; Or, A Dictionary Of Facts, And Useful Knowledge^[27].

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Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, cacao is Theobroma cacao^[9]. cacao is classified at the rank of species^[5]. cacao is classified within Theobroma^[7]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'cacao'}^[28], {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '可可樹'}^[29], {'lang': 'zh-hans', 'text': '可可'}^[30], {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '可可'}^[31], {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '黄背草'}^[32], and {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '可可（可可树、柯柯豆、柯柯树）'}^[33].

Identifiers

cacao's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 3641^[34]. cacao's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 484592^[35]. cacao's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 3152205^[36]. cacao's ITIS TSN is recorded as 505487^[37].

Discovery and Description

Things named for cacao include Theobroma^[38], a municipality of Brazil^[39], in Brazil^[40].

Why It Matters

cacao has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2] cacao is known by 61 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[41]

Entities named for cacao include Theobroma^[38], a municipality of Brazil^[39], in Brazil^[40].