Plant Details

Accepted name:: Theobroma bicolor Bonpl. [Malvaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
cacao	Other	Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021)
pataste	Other	Med. Pl. for Diabetes in C America (Giovannini et al., 2016)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:

Kew's taxonomic resources include 3 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Cacao bicolor (Bonpl.) Poir. in J.B.A.M.de Lamarck, Encycl., Suppl. 2: 7 (1811).
Theobroma ovatifolium DC. Prodr. 1: 485 (1824).
Tribroma bicolor (Bonpl.) O.F.Cook J. Washington Acad. Sci. 5: 288 (1915).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Theobroma bicolor	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Theobroma bicolor Bonpl.	Med. Pl. for Diabetes in C America (Giovannini et al., 2016) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Theobroma bicolor Humb. & Bonpl.	Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021)

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