Cocoa Cultivation In India

Cocoa Cultivation In India

The cocoa bean (technically cocoa seed) or simply cocoa, also called cacao is a fruit that grows on the Theobroma cacao tree, blooming in scattered areas from its trunk and mid branches. Cocoa beans native to the Amazon rainforest are the basis of chocolate, and Mesoamerican foods including tejate, an indigenous Mexican drink. It was first domesticated 5,300 years ago in South America before being introduced to Central America by the Olmecs. The fruit is large and oblong with a hard exterior shell that must be cracked open before discover the treasures that lie inside. The white fruit surrounding the cacao bean can be eaten raw. In fact, the fleshy pulp (as the fruit is commonly referred to) is consumed in countries where cacao is grown and is praised for its flavor and nutritional benefits. Bengal is not known for the cultivation of this fruit. Bengal is not known for the cultivation of this fruit, so experimentally trying to understand whether it is possible to grow this fruit, in the West Bengal atmosphere

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