Theobroma.
Family Malvaceae > Subfamily Byttnerioideae > Tribe Theobromateae.
Previously in Family Sterculiaceae it is now part of a loosely defined Family Malvaceae.
Plants of the World Online (Kew) recognises 41 species.
Theobroma cacao is the type species.
Chocolate is made from the cocoa in the pods of the species and its cultivars.
They are native to S.E. Mexico, through Central America and into the north of S. America (Columbia, Venezuela etc.).
J.F.
