The cacao trees mature at five years and begin to flower on the trunk. The flowers are pollinated by midges, a small fly.

Cacao pods, which grow directly from the trunk and branches of the cacao tree, contain seeds surrounded by a sweet-tasting pulp. (This photo of a cacao tree growing in Belize illustrates how these ...

Neem and panax wind-break trees are meant to protect the orchard, and the mountains mostly block trade winds. Now, the cacao is flourishing, producing colorful pods full of beans and nibs from ...

This year, with about 5,500 productive trees in the ground, Ku’ia is in the midst of its biggest harvest yet. Farm Manager David McPherson harvests cacao pods Friday morning. — The Maui News ...

"It highlights the importance of protecting this habitat." It is thought that seedlings or seeds of the cocoa tree were carried north into Mexico and Central America, perhaps along sea routes.

but consuming the fleshy fruit surrounding raw cacao seeds isn't a common practice. Cacao fruits are grown on the Theobroma ...

The fruit of the cocoa tree is a pod full of sweet pulp enfolding a cluster of about 20 to 40 cocoa seeds. Cocoa takes about two and a half years to mature and gives two harvests in a year.

Cocoa pods in Antony Mugambi's two-acre farm in Kiagu ... acknowledges the potential of cacao as an afforestation tree. “Cacao can be an important tree in our efforts to increase forest cover ...

(There are no bees in the Dominican Republic). Pollinated flowers produce about 40 football-sized pods on each tree trunk. Victor said cacao trees produce two crops per year, starting at the end ...

This rare variety of chocolate was an important staple in Aztec society, even being used as currency. Today, it's a rare but ...