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Theobroma speciosum is an evergreen rainforest tree from northern South America, related to cacao, that grows up to about 15 m tall. It is grown mainly in its native tropical forest setting and is not a common garden plant, so its care depends on wet tropical conditions.
Theobroma speciosum is an evergreen tree species of flowering plant in the mallow family native to northern South America. It is the 35th most abundant species of tree in the Amazon rainforest.
Theobroma speciosum is native to:
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Theobroma speciosum by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
