Showing Food Cupuaçu
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| Name | Cupuaçu | ||||||||||
| Scientific Name | Theobroma grandiflorum | ||||||||||
| Description | Cupuaçu (also spelled Cupuassu, Cupuazú, and Copoasu), is a tropical rainforest tree related to cacao. Common throughout the Amazon basin, it is widely cultivated in the jungles of Colombia, Bolivia and Peru and in the north of Brazil, with the largest production in Pará, followed by Amazonas, Rondônia and Acre. The white pulp of the cupuaçu is uniquely fragrant (described as a mix of chocolate and pineapple), and it contains theacrine (1,3,7,9-tetramethyluric acid) instead of the xanthines (caffeine, theobromine, and theophylline) found in cacao. It is frequently used in desserts, juices and sweets. The juice tastes primarily like a pear, with a hint of banana. [Wikipedia] | ||||||||||
| Primary ID | FOOD00774 | ||||||||||
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| Group | Herbs and Spices | ||||||||||
| Sub-Group | Oilseed crops | ||||||||||
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| Superkingdom | Eukaryota | ||||||||||
| Kingdom | Viridiplantae | ||||||||||
| Phylum | Streptophyta | ||||||||||
| Class | Magnoliopsida | ||||||||||
| Order | Malvales | ||||||||||
| Family | Malvaceae | ||||||||||
| Genus | Theobroma | ||||||||||
| Species | grandiflorum | ||||||||||
| Variety | Not Available | ||||||||||
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| ITIS ID | 506108 | ||||||||||
| Wikipedia ID | Cupuaçu | ||||||||||
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| Content Reference | — U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service. 2008. USDA National Nutrient Database for Standard Reference, Release 21. Nutrient Data Laboratory Home Page. — Shinbo, Y., et al. 'KNApSAcK: a comprehensive species-metabolite relationship database.' Plant Metabolomics. Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2006. 165-181. | ||||||||||