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Cocoa Tree
Tree
  • needs shade and protection because of its frailty
  • the pods are football shaped and are 6-12 inches long
  • can live up to 100 years
  • its pods grow directly on trunk or older larger branches
  • its roots are shallow
  • it grows to 15-25 feet
  • 20-50 cacao beans in each pod
  • it produces fruit (pods) in 4th or 5th year
  • 400 beans needed for one pound of chocolate
  • it needs high humidity – temperatures over 65 degrees and more than 80 inches yearly of rain
  • farmers plant taller trees around cacao trees to provide shade and protection
  • grows only within 15 degrees of the equator in the tropical counties of Africa, Asia, Central America and South America