in taxon tropical or subtropical fruit producing plant spice or flavor-producing plant cupuaçu plant Cupuaçu (*Theobroma grandiflorum*), 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. PLANTS:THGR7 theobroma grandiflorum Theobroma grandiflorum requires discussion