🏝️Filipino Traditional Medicine
Cacao Leaf
Theobroma cacao
About Cacao Leaf
Cacao Leaf (Theobroma cacao) is a herb used in the Filipino Traditional Medicine tradition to help with Heart Health, Mood, High Blood Pressure, and Inflammation, among 1 other condition it addresses. The leaves are the part traditionally used, taken internally.
Botanical background
Theobroma cacao, also called the cacao tree and the cocoa tree, is a small (4–8 m (13–26 ft) tall) evergreen tree in the family Malvaceae, native to the deep tropical regions of Central and South America. Its seeds, cocoa beans, are used to make cocoa mass, cocoa powder, confectionery, ganache and chocolate.
Source: Wikipedia, via iNaturalist
Parts used
Leaves · internal