Theobroma cacao--Cameroon. Mt. Cameroon. 6 Dec 03. 155a.jpg
Theobroma cacao, AAraujoM2977--Bolivia. N of Apolo. Rio Machariapu. 18 Sep 06. 378.jpg
Theobroma cacao, AAraujoM2977--Bolivia. N of Apolo. Rio Machariapu. 18 Sep 06. 376.jpg
Theobroma cacao, AAraujoM2977--Bolivia. N of Apolo. Rio Machariapu. 18 Sep 06. 374.jpg
Theobroma cacao, AAraujoM2977--Bolivia. N of Apolo. Rio Machariapu. 18 Sep 06. 369.jpg
Theobroma cacao, AAraujoM2977--Bolivia. N of Apolo. Rio Machariapu. 18 Sep 06. 370.jpg
Theobroma cacao, AAraujoM2977--Bolivia. N of Apolo. Rio Machariapu. 18 Sep 06. 373.jpg
Theobroma cacao, AAraujoM2977--Bolivia. N of Apolo. Rio Machariapu. 18 Sep 06. 371.jpg
Theobroma cacao, AAraujoM2977--Bolivia. N of Apolo. Rio Machariapu. 18 Sep 06. 372.jpg
Theobroma cacao, AAraujoM2977--Bolivia. N of Apolo. Rio Machariapu. 18 Sep 06. 375.jpg
Theobroma cacao, AAraujoM2977--Bolivia. N of Apolo. Rio Machariapu. 18 Sep 06. 379.jpg
Theobroma cacao, AAraujoM2977--Bolivia. N of Apolo. Rio Machariapu. 18 Sep 06. 377.jpg
Theobroma cacao--Costa Rica. San Jose, Museo Nacional, 23 Feb 02. 002.jpg
Theobroma cacao--Costa Rica. San Jose, Museo Naconal. 23 Feb 02. 003.jpg
Theobroma cacao--Costa Rica. San Jose, Museo Nacional. 23 Feb 02. 001.jpg
Theobroma cacao--Costa Rica. San Jose , Museo Nacional. 23 Feb 02. 004.jpg
Theobroma cacao, not coll.--Ecuador. Edo. Los Rios. Cerro Samama, SW of Pita. 18 Mar 06. 032.jpg
Theobroma cacao--Cameroon. Mt. Cameroon. 6 Dec 03. 156.jpg
Theobroma cacao--Cameroon. Mt. Cameroon. 6 Dec 03. 158.jpg
Theobroma cacao--Ghana. Aburi Botanic Garden. 11 Dec 03. 357.jpg
Theobroma cacao--Ghana. Aburi Botanic Garden. 11 Dec 03. 356.jpg
Theobroma cacao--Ghana. Aburi Botanic Garden. 11 Dec 03. 353.jpg
Theobroma cacao--Ghana. Aburi Botanic Garden. 11 Dec 03. 355.jpg
Theobroma cacao--Ghana. Aburi Botanic Garden. 11 Dec 03. 354.jpg
Theobroma cacao--Ghana. Aburi Botanic Garden. 11 Dec 03. 351.jpg
Theobroma cacao--Cameroon. Limbe Garden. 12 Oct. 04. 053.jpg
Theobroma cacao--Cameroon. Limbe Garden. 12 Oct. 04. 054.jpg
Theobroma cacao--Cameroon. Limbe Garden. 12 Oct. 04. 052.jpg
Native to Brazil North, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, Venezuela; introduced into 41 botanical countries across Africa, Temperate Asia, Tropical Asia, Pacific, Northern America, and Southern America (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 7 occurrences across 6 countries.
Location
Cameroon, Southwest
3.950278, 9.238333
Location Remarks
Southeast of Limbe, Dikolo Peninsula. Bimbia Mangrove Nature Trail.
Collectors
No collectors specified
Location
Costa Rica (San Jose, urban flora)
Location Remarks
San Jose Museo Nacional
Collectors
No collectors specified
Location
Ghana, Eastern, Akuapim (Aburi, Aburi Botanic Gardens)
5.8512, -0.17296
Location Remarks
Aburi village, 30 km north of Accra
Collectors
No collectors specified
Location
Ecuador, Los Rios (Canton Caluma)
-1.645556, -79.332778
Location Remarks
Cerro Samama, SE of Potosí, SW of Caluma, South of Río Pita, vicinity of village of Pita, between Pita and Escuela 18 de Deciembre. 164-400 m elev.
Collectors
No collectors specified
Location
Madagascar, Diana, Antsiranana (Ankarangona, Limbe Botanic Garden)
-12.611667, 49.461667
Location Remarks
City of Limbe
Collectors
No collectors specified
Location
Bolivia, La Paz, Franz Tamayo (Apolo)
-14.423056, -67.923889
Location Remarks
Madidi, San Jose-Bala, Chalalan, senderos Anta, Tucan y Wabucuro, Bosque amazonico preandino, planicie con dominancia de Iriartea deltoidea, Socratea exhorriza, Otoba parvifolia, Pachira insignis, Quararibea witti y Celtis schippii. 350 m elev.
Collectors
Alejandro Araujo-Murakami, Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph, Paola Gismondi, M. Cornejo, E. Ticona
Location
Cameroon, Southwest
3.950278, 9.238333
Location Remarks
Southeast of Limbe, Dikolo Peninsula. Bimbia Mangrove Nature Trail.
Collectors
No collectors specified
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Malvales
Family
Malvaceae
Genus
Theobroma
Specific Epithet
cacao
Authorship
L.
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Lower
ED 1.6
Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.
Threat status
Modelled estimate
EDGE score
0.1
Global rank
#242,743 of 335,497
Top 73%
Extinction probability
9%
