Quararibea funebris

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Rosids
Cladus: Eurosids II
Ordo: Malvales

Familia: Malvaceae
Subfamilia: Bombacoideae
Genus: Quararibea
Species: Quararibea funebris
Name

Quararibea funebris (La Llave) Vischer
References

Bull. Soc. Bot. Genève sér. 2, 11:205. 1919
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Quararibea funebris in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-Oct-06.

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]
References

BBC - Earth News - Sacred plants of the Maya forest