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Dec 14, 2017 · The history of chocolate, and its creation from the beans of the cacao tree, can be traced to the ancient Maya, and even earlier to the ancient Olmecs of southern Mexico.
Oct 31, 2018 · Archaeologists have found the earliest example of cacao usage in the Americas on pieces of stone and ceramic from Mayo-Chinchipe sites in Ecuador that are about 5,300 years old—1,700 years...
Oct 28, 2002 · Although the first centre of domestication and culture has been identified as Central America, Van Hall (1914) stated that the most probable origin of cacao is the region of the Orinoco and...
Cacao (Theobroma cacao) that we all know today as the key ingredient in chocolate began it's domestication some 7500 years ago in the northern region of the Peruvian Amazon before spreading through the region of Central America.
Jul 2, 2024 · Cacao, tropical evergreen tree grown for its edible seeds. Native to lowland rainforests of South America, cacao is grown commercially in the New World tropics as well as western Africa and tropical Asia. Learn more about the cacao plant and its cultivation in this article.
Sep 1, 2023 · El Cacao (Theobroma cacao) es un árbol tropical de hoja perenne cultivado por sus semillas comestibles. Es originario de las selvas bajas de las cuencas de los ríos Amazonas y Orinoco y en la actualidad se cultiva comercialmente en los trópicos del Nuevo Mundo, así como en África occidental y Asia tropical, señala la Enciclopedia Britannica.
Cacao has a rich history in Mesoamerican native cultures. It originates from the Amazon and cultivated by indigenous people up to Mexico. It was regarded as a sacred plant, divine, a medicine and plays a central role in mythology.
