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Cacao Tree

Theobroma cacao L.

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    are eaten by

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  • Global Biotic Interactions
    Macugonalia redundans (Fowler 1899)
  • Global Biotic Interactions
    Thabena ovalis (Walker 1857)
  • Global Biotic Interactions
    Afrolidia alula Nielson 1992
  • Global Biotic Interactions
    Bolbonota (Bolbonota) globosa Fairmaire
  • Global Biotic Interactions
    Amrasca (Amrasca) biguttula (Ishida 1913)
  • are host of

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  • Global Biotic Interactions
    Biston suppressaria
  • Global Biotic Interactions
    Archips dispilana Walker 1864
  • Global Biotic Interactions
    Fusarium solani (Mart.) Sacc. 1881
  • Global Biotic Interactions
    Fusarium solani (Mart.) Sacc. 1881
  • Global Biotic Interactions
    Fusarium solani (Mart.) Sacc. 1881
  • are parasitized by

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  • Global Biotic Interactions
    Brachymeria angusta
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    Aprostocetus stictococci
  • Global Biotic Interactions
    Acroclisoides africanus
  • Global Biotic Interactions
    Euplectrus leonae Risbec 1951
  • Global Biotic Interactions
    Anagyrus beneficians Compere 1943
  • are visited by

  • Global Biotic Interactions
    Hylonycteris underwoodi Thomas 1903 (Underwood's Long-tongued Bat)
  • Global Biotic Interactions
    Hylonycteris underwoodi Thomas 1903 (Underwood's Long-tongued Bat)
  • Global Biotic Interactions
    Hylonycteris underwoodi Thomas 1903 (Underwood's Long-tongued Bat)
  • Global Biotic Interactions
    Hylonycteris underwoodi Thomas 1903 (Underwood's Long-tongued Bat)
  • cellularity

  • Cellularity and growth form
    multicellular
    • URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/PATO_0001993
    • Definition: A cellularity quality inhering in a bearer by virtue of the bearers consisting of more than one cell. [ PATOC:GVG ]
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  • cultivated in

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  • FAOSTAT
    Guyana
    • URI: http://www.geonames.org/3378535
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    Honduras
    • URI: http://www.geonames.org/3608932
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  • FAOSTAT
    Haiti
    • URI: http://www.geonames.org/3723988
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  • FAOSTAT
    Guadeloupe
    • URI: http://www.geonames.org/3579143
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  • FAOSTAT
    Equatorial Guinea
    • URI: http://www.geonames.org/2309096
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  • geographic distribution

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  • Plant Forms, Habitat and Distribution
    Guyana
    • URI: http://www.geonames.org/3378535
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    Ecuador
    • URI: http://www.geonames.org/3658394
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    Peru
    • URI: http://www.geonames.org/3932488
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    Guyana
    • URI: http://www.geonames.org/3378535
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    Colombia
    • URI: http://www.geonames.org/3686110
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  • habitat

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  • Plant Forms, Habitat and Distribution
    tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests
    • URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/tropical_and_subtropical_moist_broadleaf_forests
    • Attribution: https://www.worldwildlife.org/biomes/tropical-and-subtropical-moist-broadleaf-forests
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  • Flora do Brasil
    anthropogenic
    • URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00000002
    • Definition: a geographic feature resulting from the influence of human beings on nature.
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  • Flora do Brasil
    flooded forest
    • URI: https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1940784
    • Definition: forest growing on an alluvial zone, subject to periodical inundation during the floods
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  • Flora do Brasil
    terra firme
    • URI: https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q3518534
    • Definition: Dense and tall Amazonian forest growing above the river valleys, in higher ground that does not get flooded by the rivers.
    • Attribution: Mexican Amphibians
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  • Flora do Brasil
    terrestrial
    • URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00000446
    • Definition: A biome that applies to the terrestrial realm.
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  • have flowers visited by

  • Global Biotic Interactions
    undetermined Cottoidei Lake Baikal
  • have host

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    Phytophthora palmivora
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    Lasiodiplodia theobromae (Pat.) Griffon & Maubl. 1909
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    Moniliophthora perniciosa (Stahel) Aime & Phillips-Mora 2006
  • Global Biotic Interactions
    Cacao swollen shoot virus
  • Global Biotic Interactions
    Colletotrichum gloeosporioides (Penz.) Penz. & Sacc. 1884
  • have pathogen

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  • Global Biotic Interactions
    Xiphinema americanum Cobb 1913
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    Cacao swollen shoot virus
  • Global Biotic Interactions
    Cacao yellow vein banding virus
  • Global Biotic Interactions
    Cacao swollen shoot CE virus
  • Global Biotic Interactions
    Cacao swollen shoot Ghana K virus
  • introduced range includes

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  • USDA Plants data
    Puerto Rico
    • URI: http://www.geonames.org/4566966
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  • USDA Plants data
    U.S. Virgin Islands
    • URI: http://www.geonames.org/4796775
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  • USDA Plants data
    Pacific Basin excluding Hawaii
  • Flora do Brasil
    Bahia
    • URI: https://www.geonames.org/3471168
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  • Flora do Brasil
    Acre (Brazil)
    • URI: http://www.geonames.org/3665474
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  • life cycle habit

  • USDA Plants data
    perennial
    • URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/FLOPO_0980073
    • Definition: Of plant duration, a plant whose life span extends over more than two growing seasons, c.f. annual, biennial, ephemeral, of flowering with respect to architecture, hapaxanthic, monocarpic, pleonanthic
    • Attribution: Stevens, P. F. (2001 onwards). Angiosperm Phylogeny Website. Version 12, July 2012. Glossary: http://www.mobot.org/mobot/research/apweb/top/glossaryi_p.html#perennial
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  • ECOCROP
    perennial
    • URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/FLOPO_0980073
    • Definition: Of plant duration, a plant whose life span extends over more than two growing seasons, c.f. annual, biennial, ephemeral, of flowering with respect to architecture, hapaxanthic, monocarpic, pleonanthic
    • Attribution: Stevens, P. F. (2001 onwards). Angiosperm Phylogeny Website. Version 12, July 2012. Glossary: http://www.mobot.org/mobot/research/apweb/top/glossaryi_p.html#perennial
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  • native range includes

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    The Neotropics
    • URI: https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q217151
    • Definition: one of the eight terrestrial ecozones constituting the Earth's land surface
    • Attribution: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ecozone_Neotropic.svg
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  • number of dna records in ggbn

  • GGBN data coverage
    9
  • number of records in gbif

  • GBIF data coverage
    10218
  • number of records in iNat

  • iNaturalist data coverage
    5626
  • number of research grade records in iNat

  • iNaturalist data coverage
    2474
  • number of specimens in ggbn

  • GGBN data coverage
    5
  • optimal growth pH

  • ECOCROP
    6.5
    (max)
  • ECOCROP
    5
    (min)
  • optimal growth temperature

  • ECOCROP
    32 degrees celsius
    (max)
  • ECOCROP
    21 degrees celsius
    (min)
  • optimal rainfall

  • ECOCROP
    3000 mm/year
    (max)
  • ECOCROP
    1200 mm/year
    (min)
  • plant growth form

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  • Plant Forms, Habitat and Distribution
    tree
    • URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/FLOPO_0900033
    • Definition: whole plant arborescent
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  • Plant Forms, Habitat and Distribution
    tree
    • URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/FLOPO_0900033
    • Definition: whole plant arborescent
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  • USDA Plants data
    tree
    • URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/FLOPO_0900033
    • Definition: whole plant arborescent
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  • USDA Plants data
    tree
    • URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/FLOPO_0900033
    • Definition: whole plant arborescent
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  • Flora do Brasil
    tree
    • URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/FLOPO_0900033
    • Definition: whole plant arborescent
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  • primary growth form

  • ECOCROP
    single stem
    • URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/singleStem
    • Definition: Plant development by the production of one stem. Examples: corn (Zea mays) and American beech (Fagus grandifolia).
    • Attribution: USDA PLANTS database Characteristics Data Fields. http://plants.usda.gov/charinfo.html
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  • produces

  • Ashihara et al 2008
    caffeine
    • URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/CHEBI_27732
    • Definition: A trimethylxanthine in which the three methyl groups are located at positions 1, 3, and 7. A purine alkaloid that occurs naturally in some organisms, including tea and coffee.
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  • Rockwell et al
    oxygen
    • URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/CHEBI_15379
    • Definition: molecular oxygen, O2
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  • rooting depth

  • ECOCROP
    deep (>>150 cm)
  • shedability

  • ECOCROP
    deciduous
    • URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/PATO_0001731
    • Definition: Deciduous (plant): A quality inhering in a plant by virtue of the bearer's disposition to shed foliage.
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  • Kubitzki et al
    evergreen
    • URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/PATO_0001733
    • Definition: Evergreen (plant): A quality inhering in a plant by virtue of the bearer's disposition to retain foliage.
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  • trophic guild

  • Rockwell et al
    photoautotroph
    • URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ECOCORE_00000130
    • Definition: An autotroph which is capable of transforming light into chemical energy.
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  • used for

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  • ECOCROP
    fodder
    • URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/FOODON_03301293
    • Definition: Feed for domesticated animals
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  • ECOCROP
    environmental engineering
    • URI: https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q146326
    • Definition: integration of sciences and engineering principles to improve the natural environment for life
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  • ECOCROP
    fuel
    • URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/CHEBI_33292
    • Definition: An energy-rich substance that can be transformed with release of usable energy.
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  • ECOCROP
    food
    • URI: https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2095
    • Definition: any substance consumed to provide nutritional support for the body
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  • ECOCROP
    lipids
    • URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/CHEBI_18059
    • Definition: a loosely defined term for substances of biological origin that are soluble in nonpolar solvents. They consist of saponifiable lipids, such as glycerides (fats and oils) and phospholipids, as well as nonsaponifiable lipids, principally steroids
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  • wood density

  • Global Wood Density Database
    0.41 g/cm^3
  • Global Wood Density Database
    0.43 g/cm^3
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