Cacaoyer

Sterculiaceae (cacao family) » Theobroma cacao

 

thee-OH-broh-muh or thee-oh-BROH-muh -- meaning, food of the Gods

kah-KAY-oh -- possibly from Nahuatl (Aztec language) cacahuatl, the name for the fruit

 

commonly known as: cacao, chocolate, cocoa • Aztec: cacahualt • Burmese: kokoe • Chinese: 可可樹 ke ke shu • Danish: kakaotræ • Dutch: cacaoboom • Finnish: kaakao, kaakaopuu • French: cacao, cacaotier, cacaoyer • German: kakaobaum, kakaopflanze • Greek: Kακαόδενδρο • Indonesian: coklat • Italian: albero del cacao • Japanese: カカオ kakao • Khmer: kakaaw • Malay: pokok coklat • Malayalam: കൊക്കോ kokkoo • Norwegian: kakaotre • Polish: kakaowiec • Portuguese, in Brazil: árvore-da-vida, cacau-da-mata, cacaueiro • Portuguese: árbore de cacao, cacau, cacauí, cupuaçu da mata, cupuí • Russian: Какао, Шоколадное дерево shokoladnoe derevo • Sinhala: maikona gaha • Spanish: cacao, cacaoeiro, cacaotero, cacaueira, cacaueiro, cacauzeiro • Swedish: kakao • Tamil: கக்கவோ kakkavo • Thai: โคโค่ kho kho, โกโก้ ko ko • Vietnamese: ca cao

 

Native to: tropical Americas

 

 

References: Wikipedia • M.M.P.N.D. • World Agroforestry Centre

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