cacao

Also known as cacao tree, cacao species, cocoa plant, Theobroma cacao, chocolate tree

tree native to tropical South America producing cocoa beans - the source plant of cacao and chocolate

AI overview

Cacao is a tropical tree native to South America that produces cocoa beans, which are used to make chocolate and other products. It matters because it's the source plant for chocolate, one of the world's most widely consumed foods.

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Species

Long-tailed Duck

Genus

PhylumArthropoda
ClassMalacostraca
OrderAmphipoda
FamilyStilipedidae

Habitatmarine

Conservationvulnerable

Observations25,699

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Research

5,119 papers

Cacao Swollen Shoot Viruses in Ghana.ReviewPlant disease · 2023Gyamera EA, Domfeh O, Ameyaw GADOI: 10.1094/PDIS-10-22-2412-FE
The History of Cacao and Its Diseases in the Americas.ReviewPhytopathology · 2020Díaz-Valderrama JR, Leiva-Espinoza ST, Aime MCDOI: 10.1094/PHYTO-05-20-0178-RVW
Cacao biotechnology: current status and future prospects.ReviewPlant biotechnology journal · 2018Wickramasuriya AM, Dunwell JMDOI: 10.1111/pbi.12848
Theobroma cacao L. cultivar CCN 51: a comprehensive review on origin, genetics, sensory properties, production dynamics, and physiological aspects.ReviewPeerJ · 2022Jaimez RE, Barragan L, Fernández-Niño M et al.DOI: 10.7717/peerj.12676
Theobroma cacao: Somatic Embryogenesis.Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.) · 2022Guillou C, Verdier DDOI: 10.1007/978-1-0716-2485-2_6
Epidemiology and Diagnostics of Cacao Swollen Shoot Disease in Ghana: Past Research Achievements and Knowledge Gaps to Guide Future Research.ReviewViruses · 2023Ameyaw GA, Domfeh O, Gyamera EDOI: 10.3390/v16010043
Chocolate Under Threat from Old and New Cacao Diseases.ReviewPhytopathology · 2019Marelli JP, Guest DI, Bailey BA et al.DOI: 10.1094/PHYTO-12-18-0477-RVW
Impact of Coffee and Cacao Purine Metabolites on Neuroplasticity and Neurodegenerative Disease.ReviewNeurochemical research · 2019Camandola S, Plick N, Mattson MPDOI: 10.1007/s11064-018-2492-0

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Wikidata facts

Official name: Indigenous Cacao
Image: Fruitful cocoa tree(cheche).jpg

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Commons category: Theobroma cacao
Commons gallery: Theobroma cacao
taxon common name: kakav
GRIN URL: npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=101885
sequenced genome URL: plants.ensembl.org/Theobroma_cacao
time of discovery or invention: 1502-00-00
native label: Theobroma fructus
taxon name: Theobroma cacao
short name: T. cacao
taxon author citation: L.
external data available at URL: www.gbif.org/dataset/31dc1507-a6e1-4233-a8df-c7a78596a7e4

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Theobroma cacao (cacao tree or cocoa tree) is a small (6–12 m (20–39 ft) tall) evergreen tree in the Malvaceae family. Its seeds—cocoa beans when dried and fermented—are used to make chocolate liquor, cocoa powder, cocoa butter and chocolate. Although the tree is native to the tropics of the Americas, the largest producer of cocoa beans in 2022 was Côte d'Ivoire.

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