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
