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Cacao Tree Pods (Theobroma cacao)
Photographer: Randolph Femmer
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Title: Cacao Tree Pods (Theobroma cacao)
Scientific Name(s): Theobroma cacao
Common Name(s): Cacao, Cocoa tree
Description: Close-up of three cacao pods on a cacao tree. When broken open, these pods contain largely fleshy seeds/beans, which (when dried) are the source of chocolate.
Preferred Keywords: Seeds, Tree crops, Trees, Plants, Agribusiness, Agricultural economics, Cocoa
Other Keywords: Chocolate, cocoa beans, economic botany, pods
Continent: Central America and Caribbean
Country: Dominica
City or Place Name: Papillote Botanical Gardens, Roseau River Valley
Date Photographed: 06-00-2006 (mm/dd/yyyy)
Physical Description: Camera: Pentax K1000; Lens:Quantaray 52mm P.L; Film: Fujicolor
Cataloguing Node: NBII Image Gallery
Publisher: National Biological Information Infrastructure
Rights: Public Domain
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http://images.nbii.gov/RFemmer/D_thumbnail/Cacao-pods-1.jpg
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