Details for: TARS 18335, Theobroma cacao L., PRC 18


Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Theobroma cacao L.
Top Name:
PRC 18
Origin:
Collected –
Received by NPGS:
2015
Form Received:
Plant
Life Form:
Tree
Life Habit:
Tree
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Theobroma cacao L.
Top Name:
PRC 18
Origin:
Collected –
Received by NPGS:
2015
Form Received:
Plant
Life Form:
Tree
Life Habit:
Tree
Source History
Collected
27 January 2015.
Puerto Rico, United States
Locality: El Yunque National Rainforest, Luquillo.
Habitat: Farm
Number of plants sampled: 1
Comment: Tree was part of Rosendo Matienzo's Hacienda in Luquillo in the 1800's. The Hacienda is now part of the El Yunque National Rainforest
Collector(s):
Accession Names and Identifiers
PRC 18
Type: Site identifier

TARS 18335
Type: Site identifier
Group: TARS
Tropical Agriculture Research Station, Mayaguez, Puerto Rico

Matienzo
Type: Donor identifier

Narrative
Criollo type
Theobroma cacao L.
Genus:
Theobroma
Section:
Theobroma
Family:
Malvaceae
Subfamily:
Byttnerioideae
Tribe:
Theobromateae
Nomen number:

101885
Place of publication:

Sp. pl. 2:782. 1753
Verified:
11/07/1985 by ARS Systematic Botanists.
Other conspecific taxa
Theobroma cacao L. Amelonado Group (0 active accession[s])
Theobroma cacao L. Contamana Group (0 active accession[s])
Theobroma cacao L. Criollo Group (0 active accession[s])
Theobroma cacao L. Curaray Group (0 active accession[s])
Theobroma cacao L. Guiana Group (0 active accession[s])
Theobroma cacao L. Iquitos Group (0 active accession[s])
Theobroma cacao L. Maranon Group (0 active accession[s])
Theobroma cacao L. Nacional Group (0 active accession[s])
Theobroma cacao L. Nanay Group (0 active accession[s])
Theobroma cacao L. Purus Group (0 active accession[s])
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Autonym(s)
Theobroma cacao L. f. cacao
Theobroma cacao L. subsp. cacao

Homotypic Synonym(s)
Theobroma cacao L. subsp. sphaerocarpum (A. Chev.) Cuatrec.

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Theobroma cacao L. f. leiocarpum (Bernoulli) Ducke
Theobroma cacao L. f. pentagonum (Bernoulli) Cuatrec.
Theobroma leiocarpum Bernoulli
Theobroma pentagonum Bernoulli
Theobroma sativum (Aubl.) Lign. & Le Bey
Theobroma sphaerocarpum A. Chev.

Common names
LanguageNameAlternate namenoteseqCitation
Englishcacao  1Duke, J. A. et al. 2002. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs
Englishcocoa  1Vossen, H. A. M. van der & M. Wessel, eds. 2000. Stimulants. In: Faridah Hanum, I. & L. J. G. van der Maesen, eds., Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 16:113.
Frenchcacaoyer  2Vossen, H. A. M. van der & M. Wessel, eds. 2000. Stimulants. In: Faridah Hanum, I. & L. J. G. van der Maesen, eds., Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 16:113.
Germanechter Kakaobaum  2Erhardt, W. et al. 2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen
GermanKakaopflanze  2Reichel, S. 1998. pers. comm. Note: re. German common names
Portuguese (Brazil)cacaoeiro  2Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. Note: re. Brazilian common names
Portuguese (Brazil)cacau  2Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. Note: re. Brazilian common names
Spanishárbol del cacao  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Spanishcacaotero  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Spanishcalabacillo  2Cuatrecasas, J. 1964. Cacao and its allies: a taxonomic revision of the genus Theobroma. Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 35:515-517. Note: as Theobroma cacao subsp. sphaerocarpum
Spanishforastero  2Cuatrecasas, J. 1964. Cacao and its allies: a taxonomic revision of the genus Theobroma. Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 35:515-517. Note: as Theobroma cacao subsp. sphaerocarpum
Swedishkakao  2Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
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