chocolate

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Scientific Name: //Theobroma Cacao//

Common name: Cocoa/chocolate

Cocoa is a fruit, Cocoa is fruit because beans and pods are now classified as fruits.

Interesting Facts

//Theobroma is translated as food of the gods.//

Cocoa beans are not "cocao" because of a spelling error.

The Aztecs served cocoa as a drink called xocoah. "Chocolate" is the Mayan word for sour water.

Chocolate contains mood-lifting "agents" the same way your organs produce when your happy or in love.

Cocoa's needs

Cocoa is only grown in temperature ranges of 18 degrees Celsius to 32 degrees Celsius. The precipitation range is from 1500mm to 2000mm of rain each year. It grows in rich forest soil and grows in the rainforest. It grow continually through the year.