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Cacao bean pods Ripe fruit example:<br />
<figure class="photo"><a href="https://www.jungledragon.com/image/22741/cacao_ripe.html" title="Cacao (ripe)"><img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/media.jungledragon.com/images/1780/22741_thumb.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=05GMT0V3GWVNE7GGM1R2&Expires=1759968010&Signature=v4t2gNAWWvkXqrrsEx8JIlpVGzw%3D" width="102" height="152" alt="Cacao (ripe) Mexico dates cacao's preparation by pre-Olmec peoples as early as 1750 BC. On the Pacific coast of Chiapas, Mexico, a Mokaya archaeological site provides evidence of cacao beverages dating even earlier, to 1900 BC.<br />
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Cacao bean pods

Ripe fruit example:

Cacao (ripe) Mexico dates cacao's preparation by pre-Olmec peoples as early as 1750 BC. On the Pacific coast of Chiapas, Mexico, a Mokaya archaeological site provides evidence of cacao beverages dating even earlier, to 1900 BC.<br />
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(and I have been a chocaholic since then) Geotagged,Saint Lucia,Theobroma cacao

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The Cacao tree

''Theobroma cacao'' also known as the cacao tree and cocoa tree, is a small evergreen tree in the family Malvaceae, native to the deep tropical regions of Central and South America. Its seeds, cocoa beans, are used to make cocoa mass, cocoa powder, and chocolate.

Similar species: Malvales

Species identified by Lilygirl

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Uploaded Oct 16, 2014. Captured Oct 9, 2014 11:32 in Diamond, Saint Lucia.

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NIKON D50
f/4.8
10/1000s
50mm

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