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Cocoa ( cacao )

The cocoa beans

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The cocoa beans.
Some cocoa beans after drying in the sun, 3 weeks after harvesting.
This beans here are about 2.2 cm long.

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This image shows 2 cocoa beans , from which the thin brown skin is removed.
Below the beans you can see some balances of the removed beans skin.

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Cross section of a cocoa bean.
The bean was cut with a small knife.

History of cocoa

Cocoa has a long history. Cocoa beans where cultivated in Central America and Mexico already before 1492. The exact time is not known.

Scientific name

The scientific name of the cocoa tree is:
Theobroma cacao

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Dimensions mentioned here are partly from a particular plant only. They may be different for other plants from the same species or variety.

Note: 1 cm = 0.4 inch ; 1 m = 3.3 feet

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