Cacao trees grow in a limited geographical zone, of about 20° to the north and south of the Equator. More than 70% of the world's cacao crop is grown in Africa, with Ivory Coast and Ghana producing approximately 58% of global production. The cacao plant was first given its botanical name by Swedish natural scientist Carl Linnaeus in his original classification of the plant kingdom, where he called it Theobroma ("food of the gods") cacao.
cacao trees grow in a limited geographical zone of about 20° to the north and south of the equator more than 70% of the world's cacao crop is grown in africa with ivory coast and ghana producing approximately 58% of global production the cacao plant was first given its botanical name by swedish natural scientist carl linnaeus in his original classification of the plant kingdom where he called it theobroma ("food of the gods") cacao