Theobroma Cacao
This plant produces the well-known cacao, or chocolate, and is very extensively cultivated in South America and the West India Islands. The fruit, which is about 8 to 10 inches in length by 3 to 5 in...
This plant produces the well-known cacao, or
chocolate, and is very extensively cultivated in South America and
the West India Islands. The fruit, which is about 8 to 10 inches
in length by 3 to 5 in breadth, contains between fifty and a
hundred seeds, and from these the cacao is prepared. As an article
of food it contains a large amount of nutritive matter, about 50
per cent being fat. It contains a peculiar principle, which is
called _theobromine_.
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