Plant Details

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

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
chocolate	Other	Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021)
chocolatillo	Other	Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021)

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

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

Theobroma quinquenervium Bernoulli Denkschr. Schweiz. Naturf. Ges. 24(3): 8 (1871).
Theobroma speciosum var. coriaceum Huber Bol. Mus. Goeldi Hist. Nat. Ethnogr. 4: 586 (1906).
Theobroma speciosum var. quinquenervium (Bernoulli) K.Schum. in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 12(3): 75 (1886).
Theobroma subincanum Spruce ex Sagot Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 6, 11: 154 (1881), nom. illeg.

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Theobroma speciosum Willd. ex Spreng.	Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021)

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