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ShareCacao is a small evergreen tree in the family Sterculiaceae (alternatively Malvaceae), native to tropical South America, but now cultivated throughout the tropics.
Its seeds are used to make cocoa and chocolate.
For more information about the topic Cacao, read the full article at Wikipedia.org, or see the following related articles:
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