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Chocolate field glossary

Theobroma cacao

The wet-tropical tree species whose seeds are processed into cocoa ingredients and chocolate.

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CacaoThe tree, fruit and seeds of Theobroma cacao; usage overlaps with cocoa and does not by itself signal quality or processing.↗CaulifloryFlowering and fruiting directly from a trunk or mature branch, as cacao does.↗GeneticsInherited plant characteristics that influence pod traits, disease response, yield and possible sensory expression.↗
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