Cacao

Cacao is the seed from which cocoa and chocolate are made, from Spanish cacao, an adaptation of Nahuatl cacaua, the root form of cacahuatl ("bean of the cocoa-tree"). It may also refer to:

Plants

 * Theobroma cacao, a tropical evergreen tree
 * Cocoa bean, the seed from the tree used to make chocolate
 * Cacao paste, ground cacao beans. The mass is melted and separated into:
 * Cocoa butter, a pale, yellow, edible fat; and
 * Cocoa solids, the dark, bitter mass that contains most of cacao's notable phytochemicals, including caffeine and theobromine.

Places

 * Cacao, French Guiana
 * Cacao, Carolina, Puerto Rico
 * Cacao, Quebradillas, Puerto Rico
 * Cacao Alto, Patillas, Puerto Rico
 * Cacao Bajo, Patillas, Puerto Rico
 * Hacienda Cacao, Yucatán, Mexico, tropical rainforest

Other uses

 * Maria Cacao, a mountain goddess in the Philippines