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#AdventBotany 2019 Day 2: Death by chocolate

Written by
Alastair Culham
Posted on
2 December 20199 December 2019

By Alastair Culham In 2014 I introduced the food of the gods, Theobroma cacao, as the source of chocolate, that staple of Christmas excess, in the 16th Advent Botany post. …Read More >

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2014 Advent Botany – Day 16 – Chocolate (Theobroma cacao)

Written by
Alastair Culham
Posted on
16 December 2014

Surely, no series of Advent Botany would, could or should be complete without the divine chocolate! Linnaeus named the cocoa tree Theobroma cacao which literally means “Food of the Gods”…Read More >

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2014 Advent Botany – Day 16 – Chocolate (Theobroma cacao)
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