- Also known as (or relevant to)
- Family
- Sterculiaceae
- English Names
- Cacao tree
- Cocao tree
- Chocolate tree
- Natural Habitat
- tropical America; cultivated in West Africa
- West Indies
- Ceylon
- Indonesia and other tropical countries
- Part(s) Used
- Cortex Cacao = Testae Cacao
- Semen Cacao
- Oleum Cacao = Oleum Theobromatis = Butyrum Cacao
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- Constituent(s)
- seed: fixed oil (cacao-butter)
- theobromine
- caffeine
- proteids
- starch
- cacao-red (colouring matter)
- cellulose
- albuminoids
- tannin
- Action
- shell: slightly diuretic
- used as a substitute for coffee; seed: used for making chocolate
- which is nutritive
- emollient
- stimulant
- It relieves high blood pressure because it dilates the blood vessels
- Cacaobutter
- which is remarkable for having but little tendency to rancidity
- is a convenient base for lozenges
- suppositories
- pessary
- etc.
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