Cacao flower
| Title | Info |
|---|---|
| Common name | Cacao or chocolate |
| Scientific name | Theobroma cacao |
| Taxonomic group | Sterculiaceae |
| Source | Dan L. Perlman |
| Economic botany | Food plants |
| Food plants | Other |
| Date | 1992 |
| Location | Costa Rica,North America |
Cacao flower. Chocolate is made from the fruit of the cacao plant, a small understory tree originally from the New World tropics. The flower will develop into a large pod that is harvested for the cacao beans it contains.
