Plant Details

Accepted name:: Theobroma grandiflorum (Willd. ex Spreng.) K.Schum. [Malvaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
copoasu	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
copoasú	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
cupuassú	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
cupuasu	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
cupuaçú	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)

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

Kew's taxonomic resources include 4 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Bubroma grandiflorum Willd. ex Spreng. Syst. Veg., ed. 16. 3: 332 (1826).
Guazuma grandiflora (Willd. ex Spreng.) G.Don Gen. Hist. 1: 523 (1831).
Theobroma macranthum Bernoulli Denkschr. Schweiz. Naturf. Ges. 24(3): 11 (1871).
Theobroma speciosum Willd. ex Mart. Reise Bras. 3: 1127 (1831), nom. illeg.

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Theobroma grandiflorum	Med. Pl. and Extracts Market News Service (Brinkmann et al., 2009)
Theobroma grandiflorum (Willd. Ex Sprengel) Schumann	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
Theobroma grandiflorum (Willd. ex Spreng.) K. Schum.	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
Theobroma grandiflorum (Willd. ex Spreng.) K.Schum.	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Theobroma grandiflorum (Willdenow) Schumann	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)

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