What Does Cacao Mean?

Cacao is a 4-8 m tall tree. This tree is also known as an Evergreen Tree which comes in the family of Sterculiaceae. The tree is a native of tropical Mexico, but now however they are cultivated throughout the tropics. The seeds of cacao also used to make cocoa and chocolate. The bush of the cacao naturally grows in the tropical regions in the lower foothills of the Andes region.

In the regions of the Amazon and Orinoco river basins it grows at an elevation of 200-400m. The structures of the leaves are alternate, unlobed, entire and around 10-40 cm long and 5-20 cm broad. Cacao falls under the Kingdom of Plantae. They come under the division of Magnoliophyta and their class is Magnoliopsida. Their order is Malvales.