Cocoa Bean (Thoebroma cacao, Chocolate Tree)

The Cocoa Bean Tree (Theobroma cacao) is the plant used to make chocolate and cocoa powder. It produces large, football-shaped pods filled with cocoa beans, which are the main ingredient in chocolate. The sweet pulp around the beans can also be used in juices and smoothies. This small evergreen tree grows about 2–5 metres tall and is self-pollinating. It prefers warm, humid, and shaded conditions, and its flowers and fruit grow directly from the trunk and older branches. The name Theobroma means “food of the gods”.

Supplied in a 165mm pot.