Theobroma (disambiguation)

Theobroma (Theobroma spp) is the genus of plant labelled in Latin as the "food of the gods" in 1753 by Carl Linnaeus.

Theobroma may also refer to:

• Theobroma,_Rondônia, a municipality located in the Brazilian state of Rondônia.
• Theobroma oil, also known as cocoa butter, extracted from Theobroma spp seeds.

Plant Kingdom

• Theobroma tree or cacao tree are common names used to describe the source of cocoa and chocolate.

• Theobromataceae, former plant family name of Malvaceae, a family of flowering plants which includes the Theobroma genus.
• Theobromateae is the tribe of the subfamily Byttnerioideae member of the plant family Malvaceae.

Species, varieties and cultivars of the Theobroma genus:

• Theobroma angustifolium DC.
• Theobroma bicolor Humb. & Bonpl. – mocambo
• Theobroma cacao L. – cacao
• Theobroma canumanense Pires & Froes ex Cuatrec.
• Theobroma grandiflorum (Willd. ex Spreng.) K.Schum. – cupuaçu
• Theobroma mammosum Cuatrec. & Léon
• Theobroma microcarpum Mart.
• Theobroma obovatum Klotzsch ex Bernoulli
• Theobroma simiarum Donn.Sm.
• Theobroma speciosum Willd. ex Spreng. – cacaui
• Theobroma stipulatum Cuatrec.
• Theobroma subincanum Mart.
• Theobroma sylvestre Mart.

Formerly named as part of the Theobroma genus:

• Abroma augustum (L.) L.f. (as Theobroma augustum L.)
• Guazuma ulmifolia Lam. (as Theobroma guazuma L.)
• Herrania albiflora Goudot (as Theobroma albiflorum (Goudot) De Wild.)
• Herrania mariae (Mart.) Decne. ex Goudot (as Theobroma mariae (Mart.) K. Schum.)
• Herrania purpurea (Pittier) R. E. Schult. (as Theobroma purpureum Pittier)

See also

• Cacao
• Cocoa