The only thing in the world by which you can poison me is chocolate [?][?] Tanay
On Tue, Mar 1, 2011 at 5:05 AM, Bhatt Sweta <[email protected]> wrote: > I have some of them in Kerala as well. Remember plucking one pod off!!! > > > On Tue, Mar 1, 2011 at 4:28 PM, Mahadeswara <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Thanks for the nice photographs and info. The tree is cultivated on >> large scale in Dakshina Kannada, Karnataka for its fruits used for >> manufacture of chocolates. >> >> On Mar 1, 12:07 pm, Bhatt Sweta <[email protected]> wrote: >> > *Theobroma cacao* or the *cocoa tree* >> > Location: Jeejamata Udhyan >> > Family: Sterculiaceae >> > >> > *Theobroma cacao* genetics seem to show that the plant originated in the >> > Amazon >> > The scientific name *Theobroma* means "food of the gods". >> > >> > The flowers are produced in clusters directly on the trunk and older >> > branches; they are small, 1–2 cm (1/2–1 in) diameter, with pink calyx. >> > Cacao flowers are pollinated by tiny flies, *Forcipomyia* midges in the >> > order Diptera >> > >> > The fruit is called a cacao pod and contains 20 to 60 seeds, usually >> called >> > "beans", embedded in a white pulp, which form the main ingredient for >> the >> > CHOCOLATE!! >> > >> > Each seed contains a significant amount of fat (40–50%) as cocoa butter. >> > Their most noted active constituent is theobromine, a compound similar >> to >> > caffeine. >> > >> > -- >> > *Bhatt Shweta* >> > *Asso. Prof.,* >> > TCSC, >> > *Doctoral Research Student,* >> > M.S.U. >> > >> > Theobroma cacao.jpg >> > 108KViewDownload >> > >> > Theobroma cacao (1).jpg >> > 156KViewDownload > > > > > -- > *Bhatt Shweta* > *Asso. Prof.,* > TCSC, > *Doctoral Research Student,* > M.S.U. > > -- *Tanay Bose* Research Assistant & Teaching Assistant. Department of Botany. University of British Columbia . 3529-6270 University Blvd. Vancouver, B.C. V6T 1Z4 (Canada) Phone: 778-323-4036 (Mobile) 604-822-2019 (Lab) 604-822-6089 (Fax) [email protected] *Webpages:* http://www.botany.ubc.ca/people/mberbee.html http://www.botany.ubc.ca/people/gradstud.html https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/
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