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Theobroma cacao (Mayan: kakaw, Nahuatl: Cacahuatl), also cacao tree and cocoa tree, is a small (4-8 m or 15-26 ft tall) evergreen tree in the family Sterculiaceae (alternativelyMalvaceae), native to the deep tropical region of the Americas. Its seeds are used to make cocoa powder and chocolate. There are two prominent competing hypotheses about the origins of the domestication of the originally wild Theobroma cacao tree. One is that wild examples were originally distributed from southeastern Mexico to the Amazon basin, with domestication taking place both in the Lacandon area of Mexico and in lowland South America. But recent studies of Theobroma cacao genetics seem to show that the plant originated in the Amazon and was distributed by humans throughout Central America and Mesoamerica.
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What language did cacao come from?
'Cacao' is of Spanish origin.
Is cacao the french word for poop?
Nope, cacao means "chocolate" but in the sense of chocolate milk or hot chocolate. It has it's origin from the cacao-bean, so the chocolate-bean. Though a very similar french word "caca" means poop, but it's rather street-language.
WHERE TO GET CACAO BUTTER?
in cacao
Is Cacao a fruit?
Cacao are seeds(beans) inside the fruit of the cacao tree which is a large berry called the cacao pod...
What is the scientific name for cocoa tree?
the scientific name for the cocoa tree is Theobroma cacao, meaning drink of the gods. "Theobroma cacao"
How did tenochtitlan's trade with cacao beans?
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.
Name of unprocessed seeds of Cacao tree?
cacao beans
What is a cacao?
Cacao is a small tropical American evergreen tree.
What ius the sintific name of cacao beans?
Theobroma Cacao
What is the of the fat that occurs naturally in cacao beans?
cacao butter
When was Conus cacao created?
Conus cacao was created in 1983.
Chocolate's main ingredient?
Cocoa beans.Actually it come from cacao beans. From the cacao plant.Also cocoa butter.from the cacao bean
