cacao
Sign in to savetree native to tropical South America producing cocoa beans - the source plant of cacao and chocolate
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Cacao is a tropical tree native to South America that produces cocoa beans, which are used to make chocolate and other products. It matters because it's the source plant for chocolate, one of the world's most widely consumed foods.
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Subclass of
- medicinal plant
- Parent taxon
- Theobroma
- Official name
- Indigenous Cacao
- Image
- Fruitful cocoa tree(cheche).jpg
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- P105
- species
- P7084
- Category:Chocolate
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Theobroma cacao (cacao tree or cocoa tree) is a small (6–12 m (20–39 ft) tall) evergreen tree in the Malvaceae family. Its seeds—cocoa beans when dried and fermented—are used to make chocolate liquor, cocoa powder, cocoa butter and chocolate. Although the tree is native to the tropics of the Americas, the largest producer of cocoa beans in 2022 was Côte d'Ivoire.
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