Ethnobotanical Plant Theobroma cacao (Sterculiaceae)
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Common name(s)
Cacao; Cacaoyer; Cacao Criollo; Cacao Forastero; Chocolate; Kakao
Data Views
Total Uses: 28
Uses | Country/Region | Reference |
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Alopecia | Venezuela | Pittier, H. 1926. Manual de las Plantas Usuales de Venezuela. Litografia del Comercio, Caracas, Venezuela. |
Antiseptic | Elsewhere | * |
Antiseptic | Panama(Cuna) | * |
Bite(Snake) | Mexico | Standley, Paul C. Trees and shrubs of Mexico. Contributions U.S. National Herbarium, vol. 23. Govt. Printing Office, Washington, D.C. |
Burn | Dominican Republic | Liogier, Alain Henri. 1974. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares de la Espanola. Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urena, Santo Domingo. |
Burn | Elsewhere | * |
Coffee | Latin America | Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer. |
Cough | Ghana | * |
Dentifrice | Ghana | * |
Diuretic | Dominican Republic | Liogier, Alain Henri. 1974. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares de la Espanola. Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urena, Santo Domingo. |
Dry-Lip | Haiti | Liogier, Alain Henri. 1974. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares de la Espanola. Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urena, Santo Domingo. |
Emmenagogue | Philippines | * |
Eye | Elsewhere | * |
Eye | Panama(Cuna) | * |
Kidney | Dominican Republic | Liogier, Alain Henri. 1974. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares de la Espanola. Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urena, Santo Domingo. |
Liqueur | Latin America | Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer. |
Liqueur | Elsewhere | * |
Listlessness | Panama(Cuna) | * |
Parasiticide | Panama(Cuna) | * |
Parturition | Elsewhere | * |
*Unless otherwise noted all references are to Duke, James A. 1992. Handbook of phytochemical constituents of GRAS herbs and other economic plants. Boca Raton, FL. CRC Press.