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Chocolate Tree Cacao Tree, Theobroma cacao

The cacao tree, Theobroma cacao, is a native of the Americas. The brown pods that protrude from the trunk and branches of the tree contain the seeds from which chocolate is made. The Cacao trees found growing alongside the Cinnamon Bay Loop Trail may be the only ones on the island.

Chocolate Fruit

chocolate fruit

chocolate leaf

chocolate leaf