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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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Theobroma cacao

Common Name
Cacao; Cacaoyer; Cacao Criollo; Cacao Forastero; Chocolate; Kakao

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Uses for this plant.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity Country/Region Reference
Pilatory Venezuela Pittier, H. 1926. Manual de las Plantas Usuales de Venezuela. Litografia del Comercio, Caracas, Venezuela.
Poison South America Lewis and Elvin-Lewis, Medical Botany, ca 1977
Pregnancy Panama(Cuna) *
Rheumatism Haiti Brutus, T.C., and A.V. Pierce-Noel. 1960. Les Plantes et les Legumes d'Hati qui Guerissent. Imprimerie De L'Etat, Port-Au-Prince, Haiti.
Suppository-Base Japan* ANON. 1978. List of Plants. Kyoto Herbal Garden, Parmacognostic Research Lab., Central Research Division, Takeda Chem. Industries, Ltd., Ichijoji, Sakyoku, Kyoto, Japan.
Wound Mexico Martinez, Maximino. 1969. Las Plantas Medinales de Mexico.
Wound Mexico Standley, Paul C. Trees and shrubs of Mexico. Contributions U.S. National Herbarium, vol. 23. Govt. Printing Office, Washington, D.C.
Wound Elsewhere *