Cocoa Tree
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Scientific name
Theobroma cacao
English Name
Cocoa Tree
Malayalam name
കൊക്കോ മരം
Common name
Cacao
Description
- Habit : Tree
- Habitat : in the lower storey of the evergreen rain forest
- Leaves : shiny, leathery, egg-shaped leaves
- Flowers : yellowish-white to pale pink flower
- Fruits : oval fruit are yellow to orange when ripe
How to use
- The seed is applied externally as an emollient in a remedy to extract splinters or prickles embedded in the skin.
- An infusion of the dry pods is used to decrease leprosy spots
Uses
Anti-diarrheal,Diuretic,Skin issues and used as tonic
Parts used
Oil,seed
Conservation
Propagation & Cultivation
Vegetative propagation is followed in cocoa to produce true to type trees. Vegetative propagation is mainly through soft wood grafting.
Soft wood grafting is a more preferred vegetative method for production of planting material. The material consists of cleft grafting of scions to 2-3 month old seedlings root stocks. The scion sticks should be 12-14 cm long and secured to root stock cleft by 1.5 cm wide polythene tape. Graft union takes place within one month. The grafts will be ready after 3 months for planting.
