Cacao
FamilyMalvaceae
Max Height15 m
RangeC/S America
HabitatTropical understory
About the Cacao
Gives us chocolate. Aztecs used beans as currency. 30-40 pods per year, 400 beans make 1 kg chocolate. Grow only within 20 degrees of equator. Pollinated by tiny midges, not bees. $130 billion market.
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