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      "scientific_name": "Theobroma angustifolium",
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      "scientific_name": "Theobroma bernoullii",
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      "scientific_name": "Theobroma bicolor",
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      "scientific_name": "Theobroma cacao",
      "authorship": "L.",
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      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/theobroma-cacao/"
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      "scientific_name": "Theobroma canumanense",
      "authorship": "Pires & Fróes ex Cuatrec.",
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      "scientific_name": "Theobroma cirmolinae",
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      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Theobroma duckei",
      "authorship": "Huber",
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      "slug": "theobroma-duckei",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Theobroma gileri",
      "authorship": "Cuatrec.",
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      "slug": "theobroma-gileri",
      "photographs_found": 4,
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      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/theobroma-gileri/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Theobroma glaucum",
      "authorship": "H.Karst.",
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      "slug": "theobroma-glaucum",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Theobroma grandiflorum",
      "authorship": "(Willd. ex Spreng.) K.Schum.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000458603",
      "slug": "theobroma-grandiflorum",
      "photographs_found": 5,
      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/theobroma-grandiflorum/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Theobroma guianense",
      "authorship": "(Aubl.) J.F.Gmel.",
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      "slug": "theobroma-guianense",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Theobroma hylaeum",
      "authorship": "Cuatrec.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001140708",
      "slug": "theobroma-hylaeum",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Theobroma mammosum",
      "authorship": "Cuatrec. & J.León",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001141139",
      "slug": "theobroma-mammosum",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Theobroma microcarpum",
      "authorship": "Mart.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000458737",
      "slug": "theobroma-microcarpum",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Theobroma nemorale",
      "authorship": "Cuatrec.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001141174",
      "slug": "theobroma-nemorale",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Theobroma obovatum",
      "authorship": "Klotzsch ex Bernoulli",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000458734",
      "slug": "theobroma-obovatum",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
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    {
      "scientific_name": "Theobroma simiarum",
      "authorship": "Donn.Sm.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001140671",
      "slug": "theobroma-simiarum",
      "photographs_found": 8,
      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/theobroma-simiarum/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Theobroma sinuosum",
      "authorship": "Pav. ex Huber",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001141171",
      "slug": "theobroma-sinuosum",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Theobroma speciosum",
      "authorship": "Willd. ex Spreng.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000458710",
      "slug": "theobroma-speciosum",
      "photographs_found": 25,
      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/theobroma-speciosum/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Theobroma sylvestris",
      "authorship": "Aubl. ex Mart.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001140673",
      "slug": "theobroma-sylvestris",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Theobroma velutinum",
      "authorship": "Benoist",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001238137",
      "slug": "theobroma-velutinum",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
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  ],
  "evidence_gate": {
    "rule": "at least 3 photographs licensed for commercial use",
    "rationale": "This site is commercial, so it can only publish photographs licensed for commercial use. Roughly three quarters of the photographs on iNaturalist are CC BY-NC, which excludes them. A species below the gate is listed here rather than given a page of its own."
  },
  "sources": [
    {
      "name": "World Flora Online Plant List",
      "note": "accepted names, authorities, classification",
      "license": "CC0",
      "url": "https://www.worldfloraonline.org/",
      "retrieved": "2026-07-12"
    }
  ],
  "license": {
    "data": "CC BY 4.0",
    "attribution": "BotanAI, https://botanai.app/genus/theobroma/"
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}