
Cocoa/Cacao Fruit - Fruit Plants & Plantation crops
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Cocoa botanically known as Theobroma cacao from Malvaceae family. Other common names are chocolate tree, cacao tree and it is a small evergreen tree can grow upto 4-8 meter in height. Leaves are alternate and 5–20 cm broad. The flowers are produced in clusters directly on the trunk and older branches(cauliflory). The flowers are small, 1–2 cm diameter, with pink calyx. The fruit of cacao pod is ovoid, 15–30 cm long and 8–10 cm wide, ripening yellow to orange and weighs about 500 gm when ripe. The pod contains 20 to 60 seeds, usually called "beans", embedded in a white pulp. The seeds are the main ingredient of chocolate. Its seeds, cocoa beans, are used to make chocolate liquor, cocoa solids, cocoa butter and chocolate.
Growing Tips
TEMPERATURE - Between 15°-35°C with optimum of 25°C.
MAXIMUM HEIGHT - It can reach upto 4-8 meter(if planted in the ground)
BLOOMING YEAR - It gives two main crops in a year i.e.,September-January and April-June.
FRUITING TIME - Cacao starts flowering after 2 years of planting.
Fertilizer - Organic Fertilizer twice in a year.
INSIDE THE BOX
S.No. | PRODUCT NAME | DIMENSION |
1. | Cocoa Plant | 1-2 Feet Height |
2. | Growing Pot (Black color) | 6 Inch |
**above specifications are for indicative purpose only, actual dimensions may slightly vary.
INITIAL CARE FOR 10-15 DAYS JUST AFTER RECEIVING YOUR PLANT