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Yes, a cocoa bean is a fruit seed found inside the fruit of the cocoa tree.
No, cocoa is not a nut. It is actually a seed found inside the fruit of the cacao tree.
From the seed of the cacao tree, found in South America.
Cocoa tree an massive tree.
Cocoa Tree
The classification of a cocoa tree is a dicot
The Cocoa Tree! The fruits of the cocoa tree are oval-shaped pods, 8 to 14 inches long, ranging in colour from yellow or green to red or violet and containing the cocoa beans. See www.cocoatree.org
Cocoa beans are not considered a tree nut. However they do come from trees. The actual tree nut is the Cacao tree nut which contains the actual cocoa beans.
Cocoa beans are only produced by the cocoa tree.
Buy a cocoa tree
Derived products from cocoa bean: - cocoa powder - cocoa oil - cocoa butter - cocoa liquor - chocolate
(This answer assumes the question is about the "Cocoa" bean from which Chocolate is made.) The Cocoa bean is the seed of the Cacao tree. Cacao trees may be grown from a single seed (that is, Cocoa bean), however in practice they are often propagated from a "cutting" to control the genetic heritage of the plant. (Cocoa beans are found in "Pods", that grow from the trunk of the tree, containing many beans or seeds. It is not necessary to plant a whole pod to get a tree.)