Cacao
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(kkä´, -k´-), tropical tree (Theobroma cacao) of the family Sterculiaceae ( family), native to South America, where it was first domesticated and was highly prized by the Aztecs.
Cacao
(Theobroma cacao)
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---Description and History---Cacao was named Theobroma by Linnaeus, the word meaning 'food of the gods,' so called from the goodness of its seeds. Mexicans named the pounded seeds 'Chocolate.
CACAO
The cacao plant (Theobroma cacao) is a evergreen flowering tree native to wet, warm forests of South and Central America. This tree grows to 40 feet (12 m) tall. After flowering, 10 to 14-inch long red fruit pods develop.
Cacao Mill.
Tribroma O.F.Cook[1]
Theobroma is a genus of flowering plants in the mallow family, Malvaceae, that is sometimes classified as a member of Sterculiaceae.
Theobroma cacao
Family: Sterculiaceae
Chocolate tree, Cacao
Origin: Tropical America ...
THEOBROMA CACAO - Cocoa, Cocoa Tree
This small evergreen from Central America is grown throughout the wet, lowland tropics under the shade of taller trees and is the source of commercial cocoa and chocolate.
Cocoa -- or cacao -- trees produce drupes that contain the cocoa beans from which chocolate is produced. Cocoa trees are extremely selective about where they grow, including the type of soil they…
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Some seeds, such as from Bread -, Jack fruit, Cacao and Surinam cherry are recalcitrant.
This means that they are viable for a only short period (3 - 6 weeks).
They are also difficult to germinate outside their natural habitat.
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Theobroma cacao (Chocolate, Cacao, Cocoa) ...
Common name: Broad Leaved Bottle Tree
Botanical name: Brachychiton australis Family: Sterculiaceae (Cacao family)
Synonyms: Brachychiton platanoides, Sterculia trichosiphon, Trichosiphon australe ...
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 See also: May, Green, Theobroma, India, Medic
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