You love them so much and i cant eat even a small bite of it. I just dislike the taste so much!!!
On Tue, Mar 1, 2011 at 8:07 PM, tanay bose <[email protected]> wrote: > 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/ > > > -- *Bhatt Shweta* *Asso. Prof.,* TCSC, *Doctoral Research Student,* M.S.U.
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