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Sorting Theobroma  names


Species on this page (A =names approved by most authorities, s = approved as synonyms) :


Theobroma angustifolium Moc. & Sessé ex DC.

ENGLISH :  Monkey cocoa.

SPANISH :  Cacao cimmaron (Mexico), Cacao de Costa Rica, Cacao de esmeralda, Cacao de la India (El Salvador), Cacao de mico (Nicaragua, Costa Rica), Cacao de mono, Cacao meco, Cacao silvestre (Mexico), Coca mono, Cushta (El Salvador).


Theobroma bicolor Bonpl.

SYNONYM(S) :  Cacao bicolor (Bonpl.) Poir., Theobroma ovatifolia Sessé & Moc. ex DC.

ENGLISH :  Peruvian cacao, Tiger cocoa, Wild cacao.

PORTUGUESE :  Cacao bravo (Brazil), Cacau bravo, Cacau-do-Perú (Brazil), Cubuassú, Cupassú, Cupuassú, Mocambo.

SPANISH :  Bacao (Colombia), Balamit, Balanté, Cacao blanco (Ecuador, Mexico), Cacao de Nicaragua, Cacao malacayo  (Mexico), Cacao marraco, Cacao pataste, Cacao silvestre (Colombia), Cacau bafú, Cacau da Nova Granada,  Macambo (Peru), Macao, Majambo (Peru), Marraco (Colombia), Najambu (Peru), Pataiste, Patas (Ecuador), Patashte (Mexico), Pataste (Panama), Pataste cimarrón, Pataste de sapo, Patastle  (Mexico), Pataxte (Maya), Petaste, Teta negra.




Theobroma cacao L.

SYNONYM(S) :  Cacao sativa Aubl., Theobroma sativum (Aubl.) Lign. & Le Bey

ARABIC :   شجرة الكاكاو , تهيوبروماكاكاو , شجرة كوكوا .

BURMESE :  Kokoe.

CATALAN :  Cacau.

CHINESE :  可可,  可可樹  Ke ke shu.

DANISH :  Kakaotræ

DUTCH :  Cacaoboom.

ENGLISH :  Cacao, Cacao tree, Chocolate, Chocolate tree, Cocoa, Cocoa tree.

FINNISH :  Kaakao, Kaakaopuu.

FRENCH :  Cacao, Cacaoyer.

GERMAN :  Kakaobaum, Kakaopflanze.

GREEK :  Kακαόδενδρο. κακαόδεντρο

HEBREW : קקאו עץ .

HINDI :  कोक्को   Kokko.

ITALIAN :  Albero del cacao.

JAPANESE :  カカオ  Kakao,  カカオノキ  Kakao no ki, ココアノキ Kokoa no ki, テ オブラーマ･カカオ  Teoburaama kakao.

KHMER :  Kakaaw.

MALAY :  Pokok coklat.

MALAYALAM :  കൊക്കൊ  Kokko,  കൊക്കോ  Kokkoo

NORWEGIAN :  Kakaotre.

POLISH :  Kakaowiec.

PORTUGUESE :  Árbore de cacao, Árvore-da-vida (Brazil), Cacau, Cacau comum, Cacau-da-mata (Brazil), Cacaueiro (Brazil), Cacueiro (Brazil), Cacauí, Cupuaçu da mata, Cupuí.

RUSSIAN :  Какао,  Шоколадное дерево  Shokoladnoe derevo.

 SINHALESE :  Maikonagaha.

SPANISH :  Árbol del cacao, Cacahualt (Aztec), Cacao, Cacao amarillo, Cacao del monte, Cacao dulce,   Cacao morado, Cacao ordinario, Cacaoeiro, Cacaotero, Cacaueira, Cacaueiro, Cacauzeiro.

SWEDISH :  Kakao, Kakaobuske.

TAMIL : கக்கவோ   Kakkavo,  Kona maram ?

THAI :  โคโค่  Kho kho (Central Thailand), โกโก้  Ko ko.

TURKISH :   Hint bademi ağacı,  Kakao ağacı.

VIETNAMESE :  Ca cao.
Theobroma cacao L. subsp. cacao

SYNONYM(S) :  Theobroma cacao L. 'Criollo', Theobroma cacao L. var. typica Ciferri

JAPANESE :   カカオ ･ クリオロ  Kakao kurioro.

PORTUGUESE :   Cacao criollo, Criollo venezuelano.

SPANISH :  Crioulo.


Types :  Seleção Mexicana,  Seleção da Guatemala,  Seleção da Venezuela (Chuao, Choroni, Ocumare).

Theobroma cacao L. subsp. cacao forma leiocarpum (Bernoulli) Ducke

SYNONYM(S) :  Theobroma leiocarpum Bernoulli

PORTUGUESE :  Cacau forasteiro, Cacau roxo.

Theobroma cacao L. subsp. cacao forma pentagonum (Bernoulli) Cuatrec.

SYNONYM(S) :  Theobroma pentagonum Bernoulli


Theobroma cacao L. subsp. sphaerocarpum (A. Chev.) Cuatrec.

SYNONYM(S) :  Theobroma leiocarpum sensu Pittier et auct. mult., non Bernoulli, Theobroma sphaerocarpum A. Chev.

SPANISH :  Amelonado, Cacao amelonado, Cacao calabacillo, Cacao criollo, Cacao forastero, Cacaoeiro, Cacaueiro, Calabacillo, Forastero, Trinitario.
Theobroma cacao L. subsp. sphaerocarpum (A. Chev.) Cuatrec. (Forastero Group)

JAPANESE :   カカオ ･ フォラステオ  Kakao forasuteo.

PORTUGUESE :  Amazonas forsteros,  Cacao forastero, Forasteiro Amazônico,  Forastero, Forastero del Amazonas.

SPANISH :  Forasteiro.


Types :  Comum, Maranhão, Pará, Parazinho.
Theobroma cacao L. subsp. sphaerocarpum (A. Chev.) Cuatrec. (Trinitario Group)

JAPANESE :   カカオ ･ トリニタリオ   Kakao torinitario.

PORTUGUESE :  Cacau trinitário.

SPANISH :   Cacaos híbridos, Cacao trinitario.

Theobroma grandiflorum (Willd. ex Spreng.) K. Schum.

SYNONYM(S) :  Theobroma macrantha Bernoulli

ENGLISH :   Wild cacao.

PORTUGUESE :  Copoasu (Brazil),  Cupuaçú  (Brazil),  Cupuassú  (Brazil).

SPANISH :  Copoasú, Cupassú, Cupuarana, Kopoazu (Colombia).

Theobroma microcarpum Mart.

ENGLISH :   Wild cacao.

PORTUGUESE :  Cabeça de urubú (Brazil), Cacao jacaré, Cacao maracujá, Cacao rana, Cacauarana, Cacau bravo, Cacaurana (Brazil), Macaco acau, Maraca acau.

SPANISH :  Cacao de monte  (Colombia).
Theobroma purpureum  Pitt.

ENGLISH :  Wild cocoa.

SPANISH :  Cacao cimarron (Panama), Chocolatillo (Panama).

Theobroma simiarum Don.

SPANISH :  Cacao de Mico (Costa Rica).


Theobroma speciosum  Willd. ex Spreng.

ENGLISH :  Monkey cocoa, Wild cocoa.

PORTUGUESE :  Cacaui (Brazil).

SPANISH :  Cacao azedo, Cacao biaro (Peru), Cacao do mato, Cacao rana, Cacao sacha,  Cupurana (Peru), Chocolatillo (Bolivia), Makambo (Colombia).
Theobroma subincanum Mart.

ENGLISH :   Wild cacao.

PORTUGUESE :  Cupuí.

SPANISH :  Cuoui (Brazil), Sacha cacao (Peru), Maver (Venezuela).

 



HOW TO CITE THIS PAGE / COLLECTION OF RECORDS

Porcher Michel H. et al. 1995 - 2020, Sorting Theobroma Names. Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database - A Work in Progress. Published by The University of Melbourne. Australia.
< http://www.plantnames.unimelb.edu.au/Sorting/Theobroma.html > (2010).

 
 
 REFERENCES
General Bibliography
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Specific & complementary

 

Brücher, H.  1989.  Useful Plants of Neotropical Origin and Their Wild Relatives.  Springer-Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg,  New York.

EuroDicAutom , 2005, EEC (Europa European Commission). European Terminology Database. On-line Technical Dictionary in 12 languages.  < http://europa.eu.int/eurodicautom/Controller >

Grandtner Miroslav M., 1997-2005, World Dictionary of Trees, Wood and Forest Sciences Department, Faculty of Forestry and Geomatics, Laval University, Quebec, Canada. Dictionary's Web Database and Website by Pierre Laplante, Département de géographie Université du Québec.

USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program. Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN). [Online Database] National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. Available: http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxdump.pl?theobroma (05 Decembre 2005). (GRIN)



Grandtner Miroslav M., 1997-2005, World Dictionary of Trees, Wood and Forest Sciences Department, Faculty of Forestry and Geomatics, Laval University, Quebec, Canada. Dictionary's Web Database and Website by Pierre Laplante, Département de géographie Université du Québec.

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