Malvaceae

Subfamily Bombacoideae

• Lagunaria patersonii

Subfamily Bombacoideae
Tribe Adansonieae

• Adansonia digitata W/C
• Adansonia za
• Ceiba acuminata
• Ceiba pentandra
• Chorisia speciosa
• Pachira aquatica
• Pachira glabra
• Pseudobombax ellipticum

Subfamily Byttneroideae
Tribe Hermannieae

• Hermannia verticillata

Subfamily Byttneroideae
Tribe Theobromeae

• Theobroma cacao
• Theobroma cacao

Subfamily Dombeyoideae
Tribe Dombeyeae

• Dombeya wallichii

Subfamily Grewioideae
Tribe Grewieae

• Clappertonia ficifolia
• Grewia occidentalis

Subfamily Grewioideae
Tribe Sparrmannieae

• Corchorus olitorius
• Sparmannia africana

Subfamily Helicteroideae
Tribe Durioneae

• Durio sp.

Subfamily Malvoideae
Tribe Gossypieae

• Gossypium arboreum
• Gossypium barbadense
• Thespesia populnea

Subfamily Malvoideae
Tribe Hibisceae

• Hibiscus acetosella 'Haight Ashbury'
• Hibiscus cannabinus
• Hibiscus rosa-sinensis cv. (yellow)
• Hibiscus sabdariffa 'Thai Red'
• Hibiscus tiliaceus
• Pavonia strictiflora

Subfamily Malvoideae
Tribe Malveae

• Abutilon hybridum
• Malvaviscus arboreus var. mexicanus

Subfamily Sterculioideae
Tribe Sterculieae

• Brachychiton cf. rupestris
• Cola acuminata

• Common Name: Cacao
• Family: Malvaceae Juss.

• Country of Origin:
• Habitat:

• Uses: Worldwide Ethnobotanical Uses:

  Dominican Republic Diuretic, Kidney

  Elsewhere Antiseptic, Burn, Emmenagogueue, Eye, Liqueur, Parturition, Wound

  Ghana Cough, Dentifrice

  Haiti Burn, Dry-Lip , Rheumatism

  Japan Suppository-Base

  La Coffee, Liqueur

  Mexico Bite(Snake), Wound

  Panama Antiseptic, Eye, Listlessness, Parasiticide, Pregnancy

  Venezuela Alopecia, Pilatory

  From Rainforest Herbs for Medicinal Healing, Leslie Taylor, 2005, http://rainforest-database.com/plants/chocolate.htm