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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Why Would You Plant Theobroma cacao When You Can Plant Theobroma bicolor?
« on: March 28, 2024, 10:32:33 PM »
The name, most likely. People want to grow chocolate and thats the one with the name. If the genus was cacao and it was 'cacao cacao' and 'cacao mocambo (bicolor)' I bet the others would be more popular.
I have a cacao for exactly this reason, I didn't even know about the other types until long after I got it. I have tried a raw cacao pod and its seeds and pulp and I agree neither are very palatable. I got for the novelty of "Can I grow a chocolate tree?"
Does bicolor require hand pollination? That is a huge negative I found out about cacao after I got one
I have a cacao for exactly this reason, I didn't even know about the other types until long after I got it. I have tried a raw cacao pod and its seeds and pulp and I agree neither are very palatable. I got for the novelty of "Can I grow a chocolate tree?"
Does bicolor require hand pollination? That is a huge negative I found out about cacao after I got one