No, a herb is a flavouring derived from the leaves of plants. Cacao is derived from the seeds of the cacao plant and should more properly be described as a spice.
Chocolate, originally called Cacao by the Aztec's that discovered it around 1,400 BC, was used as a drink and herb to be added to food.
in cacao
Cacao are seeds(beans) inside the fruit of the cacao tree which is a large berry called the cacao pod...
the scientific name for the cocoa tree is Theobroma cacao, meaning drink of the gods. "Theobroma cacao"
they traded with cacao beans because they needed money to trade with so they decided to use cacao beans as there money they needed something to trade with so they used cacao beans they also used cacao beans to make chocolate they ate cacao beans to.
Cacao is a small tropical American evergreen tree.
cacao beans
'Cacao' is of Spanish origin.
cacao butter
Theobroma Cacao
Conus cacao was created in 1983.
Cocoa beans.Actually it come from cacao beans. From the cacao plant.Also cocoa butter.from the cacao bean