Not only are the plant’s cocoa beans used to make chocolate ... Even the cacao tree’s scientific name, Theobroma cacao, translates to “food of the gods,” which was a title established ...

New research finds that cacao trees evolved over 7.5 million years ago. DNA studies may help improve future chocolate crops.

Toribio Rodríguez de Mendoza National University researchers conducted a genomic analysis of fine aroma cocoa from northern Peru, uncovering genetic divergence and evolutionary patterns within ...

Chocolate, our favourite confection devoured by the whole world, has a long and interesting history that goes back thousands ...

The scientific name Theobroma cacao was given to the cocoa plant by Carl Linnaeus in 1753. He used drawings from Sloane's collection as the basis of his description. Sloane’s Jamaican collections ...

It really is the "food of the gods" The scientific name for chocolate is theobroma cacao ... from British-grown cocoa beans Growing cocoa beans is a tricky business. The plants only thrive ...

Named after the cacao plant's scientific name, Theobroma cacao, where 'Theobroma' means 'food of the gods', theobromine contributes to the bitter taste of dark chocolate and has several effects on ...