⚠ Version 1 of The Plant List has been superseded.

This name is in version 1.1 of The Plant List, record tro-50240821, with some changes.

Theobroma sativa var. melanosperma A. Chev. is a synonym of Theobroma cacao L.

This name is a synonym of Theobroma cacao L..

The record derives from Tropicos which reports it as a synonym (record 50240821) with original publication details: Bull. Inter. Bot. Appliq. 26: 270 270 1946.