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Wild cacao
Gustavo Rojas1944
Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History
Washington, DC, United States
Theobroma cirmolinae is a species of wild cacao native to Colombia. The trees grow up to 20 meters tall. Natives of the region sometimes collects its edible fruit and its seeds to produce chocolate.
Plate Number: 3819
Theobroma cirmolinae (Sterculiaceae) - flowering and fruiting trunk. Size: 17x23
Publication: Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 35(6): 379-605, "Cacao and its allies a taxonomic revision of the genus Theobroma". 1964. Fig. 34
Client: Cuatrecasas, Jose
Artist: Rojas, Gustavo - 1944 - pen and ink
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- Title: Wild cacao
- Creator: Gustavo Rojas
- Date Created: 1944
- Physical Dimensions: 43 cm x 58 cm
- Type: Illustration
- Rights: This image was obtained from the Smithsonian Institution. The image or its contents may be protected by international copyright laws. http://www.si.edu/termsofuse
- Medium: Pen and Ink
- Scientific Name: <i>Theobroma cirmolinae</i>
- Photo Credit: Smithsonian Institution National Museum of Natural History
- Field: Botany
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