Species:Theobroma

English Common Names: Cacao bean

Scientific Classification (based on APG-II and Taxonomicon)
division Jpn. 門	Tracheophyta 維管束植物門
class Jpn. 綱	Magnoliopsida モクレン綱
subclass Jpn. 亜綱	Rosidae バラ亜綱
order Jpn. 目	Malvales アオイ目
suborder Jpn. 亜目	[[:Category:\|]]
infraorder Jpn. 下目	[[:Category:\|]]
parvorder Jpn. 小目	[[:Category:\|]]
superfamily Jpn. 上科	[[:Category:\|]]
family Jpn. 科	Malvaceae アオイ科
subfamily Jpn. 亜科	Byttnerioideae
tribe Jpn. 族	[[:Category:\|]]
subtribe Jpn. 亜族	[[:Category:\|]]
genus Jpn. 属	Theobroma

Information

Flavonoid

Species-Flavonoid Relationship Reported

Species	ID	Metabolite Name	Reference
*Theobroma cacao*	FL63ACNS0002	(-)-Epicatechin	Clark-Lewis_JW 1960
*Theobroma cacao*	FL7AACGO0001	Cyanidin 3-arabinoside	Forsyth_WG et al. 1957
*Theobroma cacao*	FL63ACCS0005	Epicatechin 8-C-beta-D-galactoside	Hatano_T et al. 2002
*Theobroma cacao*	FL7AACGA0001	Cyanidin 3-O-galactoside	Timberlake_CF et al. 1971
*Theobroma cacao*	FL7AACGA0001	Cyanidin 3-O-galactoside	Willstaetter_R et al. 1915
*Theobroma cacao*	FL7AACGO0001	Cyanidin 3-arabinoside	Zapsalis_C et al. 1965

English Codex Vegetabilis (1957)

Theobroma cacao

Medicinal Plants in Philippines

Scientific Name	English Name	Tagalog Name
Theobroma augusta L.	devil's cotton	Anabo
Theobroma cacao	cocoa; chocolate tree	Kakaw

Edibility, Medicinal Usage (食品,薬品用途)

For comprehensive information, visit Theobroma page. All genera with edibility information is here. (BY Shigehiko Kanaya)

Theobroma cacao

コロンブスが南米からヨーロッパに持ち込む。チョコレートやカカオの苦味成分teobromineはアルカロイドの一種。犬はteobromineの代謝速度が遅いため小型犬では50g程度のチョコレートで中毒症状を起こす場合がある。 [原産]エクアドル、コロンビア 出典: Motamayor JC, Risterucci AM et al. "Cacao domestication I: the origin of the cacao cultivated by the Mayas" Heredity 89, 380?386 (2002); 毒と薬の世界史船山信次中公新書(2008)