Requiring a strict diet of rain, shade, humidity, and nitrogen-rich soil, cacao trees grow in the warm, moist, shady forest understory—and only near the equator ...

19 нояб. 2023 г. · The cacao tree has adapted to the tropical rainforest by growing in warm, moist climates, producing pods with cacao beans, and having larger ...

19 июн. 2019 г. · The leaves of the cacao tree are commonly used as a heart tonic and diuretic. The seeds can be toasted and combined with the tree's bark to be ...

The Cacao tree (Theobroma cacao) is an evergreen tree that produces cocoa beans harvested to make chocolate and other cocoa products.

26 июл. 2019 г. · Cacao trees thrive in the shaded understory of their tropical forest habitat. The cacao tree produces several clusters of flowers that emerge ...

These adaptations are crucial for its survival in the warm and moist environment close to the equator. As it is a tree crop particularly sensitive to drought 6, ...

3 сент. 2023 г. · Shade-grown cacao cultivation gives way to a deciduous forest. Characterized with generational deposits of dried fallen leaves of the shade ...

6 апр. 2023 г. · Native to the Amazon, cacao helps preserve the forest intact, generate income and recuperate degraded areas.

31 июл. 2014 г. · Cacao trees need a humid climate with a lot of rain. They grow best in the partial shade of large rainforest trees. The cacao tree is an ...