Cocoa
The Cocoa Tree
Cocoa (Theobroma cacao), also called the cacao tree, is an evergreen tropical tree (mallow family) grown for its edible seeds, whose scientific name means "food of the gods" in Greek…
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Cocoa
Cocoa Farming
Cocoa beans are the product of the cacao tree. The origin of the cacao tree is disputed. Some say it comes from the Amazon basin of Brazil, others place it in the Orinoco valley in…
Cocoa
History of Cocoa
Historians believe the Olmecs first discovered that the cocoa fruit was edible by watching rats eat it with gluttonous vigour. They soon realised the tree produced a fruit with a thousand…
