| Family | Malvaceae |
| Scientific name | Theobroma cacao L. |
| Synonyms | Cacao guianensis Aublet; Cacao minus Gaertner; Cacao sativa Aublet; Cacao theobroma Tussac; Theobroma integerrima Stokes; Theobroma kalagua de Wildenow; Theobroma leiocarpa Bernoulli; Theobroma pentagona Bernoulli; Theobroma saltzanniana Bernoulli; Theobroma sativum (Aublet) Lign. & Le Bey; Theobroma sphaerocarpa Chevalier |
| Common name | (English common name) chocolate, cacao |
| (Japanese common name) cacao | |
| Distribution | Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Brazil, Colombia, Peru |
| Reference | Theobroma cacao L. |
| Theobroma cacao L. |
| June 2007 at Ibaraki Prefecture Botanical Garden |
June 2007 at Tsukuba Botanical Garden |
June 2007 at Tsukuba Botanical Garden |