Heirloom Organic Theobroma Cacao Tree Beans (5)
(Chocolate Tree, Cocoa Bean Tree)
Cacao Tree
(Theobroma cacao) Raw Food Grade Dry Seeds
Theobroma cacao, it means 'Food of the Gods', is the small tropical tree that Chocolate is made from.
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Theobroma cacao, also called the cacao tree and the cocoa tree, is a small (4–8 m (13–26 ft) tall) evergreen tree in the family Malvaceae, native to the deep tropical regions of Mesoamerica. Its seeds, cocoa beans, are used to make chocolate liquor, cocoa solids, cocoa butter and chocolate. The largest producer of cocoa beans in 2018 was Ivory Coast, with 37% of the world total.