Cymbopetalum

{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}}

{{Automatic taxobox

|image=Cymbopetalum brasiliense (Vell.) Benth. ex Baill.jpg

|image_alt=flower of C. brasiliense

|image_caption=flower of C. brasiliense

|taxon=Cymbopetalum

|authority=Benth., 1860

|subdivision_ranks=Species

|subdivision=

• C. abacophyllum N.A. Murray
• C. aequale N.A. Murray
• C. alkekengi N.A. Murray
• C. baillonii R.E. Fr.
• C. brasiliense (Vell.) Benth. ex Baill.
• C. coriaceum N.A. Murray
• C. costaricense (Donn. Sm.) Saff.
• C. euneurum N.A. Murray
• C. fosteri N.A. Murray
• C. gracile R.E. Fr.
• C. hintonii Lundell
• C. lanugipetalum Schery
• C. longipes Benth. ex Diels
• C. loretoyacuense N.A. Murray
• C. mayanum Lundell
• C. mirabile R.E. Fr.
• C. oppositiflorum Aristeg. ex N.A. Murray
• C. parviflorum N.A. Murray
• C. penduliflorum (Sessé & Moç. ex Dunal) Baill.
• C. physaloides N.A. Murray
• C. rugulosum N.A. Murray
• C. sanchezii N.A. Murray
• C. schunkei N.A. Murray
• C. stenophyllum Donn. Sm.
• C. steyermarkii N.A. Murray
• C. tessmannii R.E. Fr.
• C. torulosum G.E. Schatz
• C. venosum Gleason

}}

Cymbopetalum is a genus of plant in family Annonaceae. The Linnean name derives from the Latin cymba, meaning “boat,” and petalum, meaning "petal.”

Some species such as C. penduliflorum and C. costaricense were traditionally used to flavor chocolate.{{cite book

|last1= Seidemann

|first1= Johannes

|date=27 December 2005

|chapter=C

|title=World Spice Plants: Economic Usage, Botany, Taxonomy

|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jjkAHi2IeOkC&dq=Cymbopetalum&pg=PA129

|publisher=Springer Science & Business Media

|publication-date=27 December 2005

|page=129

|isbn=9783540279082

|access-date=2 July 2015

|quote=Flavoring of drinking chocolate

}}