BOT 1200 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Theobroma Cacao, Malvaceae, Jackfruit
18 Apr 2017
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Theobroma is from the greek words: theo= god and broma= food . 3 different varieties of importance: theobroma cacao var. cirollo, theobroma caco var. forastero, theobroma cacao var. tinitario, distinguished of where the plant is indigenous to and what the seed colour is. Cacao mistakenly became cocoa among english speaking nations. Large understory plants growing to over 10m in height. Indigenous to tropical rainforests of south america; life span for these trees is 50-60 years (south america to south mexico) Most cacao is produced in western africa. Frastero accounts for 93% of the world"s chocolate. T. cacao var. criollo is used for high quality chocolate. T. caca var trinitaro is a hybrid of other distinctive feature: flowers are usually born at the tip of the stem but in the cacao plant. Delicate flowers develop on thick trunk; this is known as cauliflory (directly from the tree trunk) Jackfruit is an example of a plant growing directly from the trunk.
