🌽Mayan Traditional Medicine
Chili Chocolate (Cacao)
Theobroma cacao
About Chili Chocolate (Cacao)
Chili Chocolate (Cacao) (Theobroma cacao) is a herb used in the Mayan Traditional Medicine tradition to help with Mood, Energy, Heart Health, and Antioxidant, among 1 other condition it addresses. The aerial parts and leaves are the parts 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
Aerial Parts · internalLeaves · internal