Quararibea funebris

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Quararibea funebris
Quararibea funebris - Mounts Botanical Garden - Palm Beach County, Florida - DSC03701.jpg
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malvales
Family: Malvaceae
Genus: Quararibea
Species:
Q. funebris
Binomial name
Quararibea funebris
(La Llave) Pittier

Quararibea funebris (flor de cacao, cacahuaxochitl, funeral tree, rosita de cacao; syn. Lexarza funebris) is a tree native to Mexico. This plant is used as a medicinal plant, and also as one of the essential ingredients in the traditional chocolate-maize drink known as tejate. It is also depicted on Maya drinking vessels used for cacao.[1]

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