Indulge in the Rich and Decadent Flavor of Our Pure Cocoa Trees | Theobroma Cacao Plants for Sale
- Common name:
- Cocoa Tree, Choclate Plant
- Category:
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Trees, Shrubs, Medicinal Plants, Spice plants & edible Herbs
- Family:
- Sterculiaceae or Cocoa family
- Light:
- Sun growing, Semi shade
- Water:
- Normal, Can tolerate more
- Primarily grown for:
- Flowers
- Flowering season:
- Year-around flowering, Flowers in flushes throughout the year
- Flower or Inflorescence color:
- Yellow
- Foliage color:
- Green
- Plant Height or length:
- 4 to 6 meters
- Plant Spread or Width:
- 4 to 6 meters
- Plant Form:
- Spreading, Upright or Erect
- Special Character:
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- Grows best in humid and warm regions
- Generally available in India in quantities of:
- Over hundreds
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Plant Description:
- The tree that yields the most basic ingredient of Choclate - cocoa.
Wide branching evergreen tree to 8 m high, with attractive, satiny, hardpapery, pendant leaves to 30 cm long, the small, yellowish flowers in axillary clusters, or curiously even from the trunk, succeeded there by the large, ribbed fruit containing bean like seed which is the source of chocolate.
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Growing tips:
- - Tree grows and performs well in warm and humid cpastal areas only.
- Requires adequate soil moisture as well as humidity.
- Plants atart yielding the cocoa beans in 3 to 5 years. The pods are borne on the trunks and look ornamental.