Plants

In 2020, global cocoa bean production was 5.8 million tons, led by Côte d'Ivoire with a 38 percent share of total production.

Carob wood is also used.

Although it probably originates in China, it is not present neither wild nor cultivated there today.

A tall coconut palm growing on fertile soil can produce up to 75 fruits a year.

There are only 28 kcal in 100 grams of kale.

The oldest traces of the use of cocoa seeds as food were found in Ecuador, in the upper reaches of the Amazon tributaries, at an archaeological site dating back to 5450-5300 years BP (before the present, which is assumed to be 1950).

The carob tree is mentioned in the Bible.

Grape seed oil is most often made from residues from wine production.

The above-ground part of the tree is the trunk, which at some height is surrounded by a crown of leafy branches.

Garlic is also mentioned in the Bible in the Book of Numbers.