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(First upload on May 12 2022. Last on January 4 2023) [ 日本語 | English ]

Theobroma cacao L.






Mount Usu / Sarobetsu post-mined peatland
From left: Crater basin in 1986 and 2006. Cottongrass / Daylily

[APG: Malvaceae]

Theobroma L. (カカオ)


20 species worldwide
Lifeform: small understory trees
Distribution: tropical forests in Central and South America.
T. cacao L. (カカオ)

Theobroma cacao in Hokkaido


Theobroma L. (カカオ)
Kakao/Kokoa (カカオ/ココア, 加加阿), cacao tree or cocoa tree
Lifeform: evergreen, short tree ≈ 10 m tall
Distribution: southeastern Mexico to the Amazon basin
Habitat: humid forests
Flower: cauliflory (乾生花)

Pollination: flies, represented by Forcipomyia

Use: cocoa, main ingredient of chocolate
Synonyms:

Cacao minar Gaertn. or Cacao minus Gaertn.

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[1-3] at Sakuya Konohana Kan (咲くやこの花館) located in Osaka, western Japan, on February 6 2022. [4/5] in the glasshouse of Kyoto Botanical Gardens, western Japan, on September 17 2022.

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