<p><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.flickr.com/search/?q=Sterculiaceae&amp;w=91314344@N00">Sterculiaceae</a> (cacao family) » <i><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.flickr.com/search/?q=Theobromacacao&amp;w=91314344@N00&amp;m=tags">Theobroma cacao</a></i>
</p><p><b>thee-OH-broh-muh</b> or <b>thee-oh-BROH-muh</b> -- meaning, food of the Gods
<b>kah-KAY-oh</b> -- possibly from Nahuatl (Aztec language) <i>cacahuatl</i>, the name for the fruit
</p><p><b>commonly known as</b>: cacao, chocolate, cocoa • <b>Aztec</b>: cacahualt • <b>Burmese</b>: kokoe • <b>Chinese</b>: 可可樹 ke ke shu • <b>Danish</b>: kakaotræ • <b>Dutch</b>: cacaoboom • <b>Finnish</b>: kaakao, kaakaopuu • <b>French</b>: cacao, cacaotier, cacaoyer • <b>German</b>: kakaobaum, kakaopflanze • <b>Greek</b>: Kακαόδενδρο • <b>Indonesian</b>: coklat • <b>Italian</b>: albero del cacao • <b>Japanese</b>: カカオ kakao • <b>Khmer</b>: kakaaw • <b>Malay</b>: pokok coklat • <b>Malayalam</b>: കൊക്കോ kokkoo • <b>Norwegian</b>: kakaotre • <b>Polish</b>: kakaowiec • <b>Portuguese, in Brazil</b>: árvore-da-vida, cacau-da-mata, cacaueiro • <b>Portuguese</b>: árbore de cacao, cacau, cacauí, cupuaçu da mata, cupuí • <b>Russian</b>: Какао, Шоколадное дерево shokoladnoe derevo • <b>Sinhala</b>: maikona gaha • <b>Spanish</b>: cacao, cacaoeiro, cacaotero, cacaueira, cacaueiro, cacauzeiro • <b>Swedish</b>: kakao • <b>Tamil</b>: கக்கவோ kakkavo • <b>Thai</b>: โคโค่ kho kho, โกโก้ ko ko • <b>Vietnamese</b>: ca cao
</p><p><b>Native to</b>: tropical Americas
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<b>References</b>: <a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cacao">Wikipedia</a> • <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.plantnames.unimelb.edu.au/Sorting/Theobroma.html">M.M.P.N.D.</a> • <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.worldagroforestry.org/SEA/Products/AFDbases/AF/asp/SpeciesInfo.asp?SpID=1641">World Agroforestry Centre</a>
<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.flickr.com/people/91314344@N00">Dinesh Valke</a> from Thane, India
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