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Cocoa Nut Leaf

Object Status:

Unlocated

Accession Date:

November 13, 1820

Primary Source Reference:

Peale Museum Accessions Book, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, p. 103

Additional Source Text:

The donor was from Bethlehem, Pa.

Notes:

At this time cocoanut, or cocoa nut, often referred to the seeds of the cacao tree or the pod containing them, rather than to the fruit or nut-like seed of the coconut palm.

Current Common Name:

Cocoa

Current Scientific Name

Theobroma cacao