Cacao

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Local name

Cacao

Latin name

Theobroma bicolor

Height

6 to 15m

Girth

20-40 cm

CO₂ stored (tonnes)

2

Leaves

20-40 cm long and 10-18 cm wide.

Flower

Clusters on trunk.

Fruit

Colourful large pods.

Location

Usually found below 600m altitude.

This is where chocolate begins. The fruit of the Cacao is about the size of a pineapple, oval in shape and can be yellow, red or orange in colour. It contains seeds usually called beans which are fermented and then sold on as the vital ingredient to chocolate or cocoa.