With a height of "only" 15 metres, Theobroma cacao L. or the evergreen cacao tree belongs to the undergrowth in the Amazon jungle. It likes it shady, roots shallowly and needs neighbouring trees to support it; even at maximum size, its trunk remains thin. Throughout the year, yellowish to reddish flowers appear directly on the trunk and on the thicker branches, where the yellow-brown cacao fruits, about 30 centimetres long, also ripen. Embedded in their flesh are five rows of seeds - the cocoa beans. In home condtions, it does not grow as tall as it does in its native habitat and makes for a fantastic houseplant.
Theobroma cacao
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Theobroma cacao is approx. 65 cm tall, and comes in a ⌀ 19cm pot
