cacao

tree native to tropical South America producing cocoa beans - the source plant of cacao and chocolate
Taxon taxon Q42385
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cacao

Summary

cacao is a taxon[1]. cacao ranks in the top 0.39% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,123 views/month, #760 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • cacao is credited with the discovery of Christopher Columbus[3].
  • cacao's image is recorded as Digital Inclusion in the Peruvian Amazon - 48138694956.jpg[4].
  • cacao's image is recorded as Theobroma cacao - Köhler–s Medizinal-Pflanzen-136.jpg[5].
  • cacao's image is recorded as Fruitful cocoa tree(cheche).jpg[6].
  • cacao's instance of is recorded as taxon[7].
  • cacao's taxon rank is recorded as species[8].
  • cacao's owned by is recorded as Indigenous peoples of South America[9].
  • cacao's parent taxon is recorded as Theobroma[10].
  • cacao's location of discovery is recorded as Mexico[11].
  • cacao's taxon name is recorded as Theobroma cacao[12].
  • cacao's GND ID is recorded as 4163032-4[13].
  • cacao's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh85018593[14].
  • cacao's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 11958020f[15].
  • cacao's subclass of is recorded as useful plant[16].
  • cacao's subclass of is recorded as fruit tree[17].
  • cacao's subclass of is recorded as medicinal plant[18].
  • cacao's NDL Authority ID is recorded as 00564710[19].
  • cacao's part of is recorded as chocolate industry[20].
  • cacao's part of is recorded as cocoa[21].
  • cacao's has use is recorded as afforestation[22].
  • cacao's has use is recorded as food[23].
  • cacao's has use is recorded as medicinal plant[24].
  • cacao's has use is recorded as psychoactive drug[25].
  • cacao's Commons category is recorded as Theobroma cacao[26].
  • cacao's MeSH descriptor ID is recorded as D002099[27].

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Works and Contributions

cacao is credited with the discovery of Christopher Columbus[3]. Things named for cacao include Theobroma[28], a municipality of Brazil[29], in Brazil[30].

Why It Matters

cacao ranks in the top 0.39% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,123 views/month, #760 of 195,241).[2] cacao has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[31] cacao is known by 61 alternative names across languages and contexts.[32]

Entities named for cacao include Theobroma[28], a municipality of Brazil[29], in Brazil[30].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] . wikidata.org.
  5. [3] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . Species Plantarum. 1st Edition, Volume 2. wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . unctad.org. unctad.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . Species Plantarum. 1st Edition, Volume 2. wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . Species Plantarum. 1st Edition, Volume 2. wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . Nuovo soggettario. Retrieved . thes.bncf.firenze.sbn.it. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . A Scientific Dataset of useful plants of China. wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . A Scientific Dataset of useful plants of China. wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . A Scientific Dataset of useful plants of China. Retrieved . gbif.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [28] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [31] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [32] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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