Although the cacao tree can reach up to 15 meters, it is cut on the plantations to 3-4 meters, in order to harvest the fruits more easily. The flowers are formed directly on the stem. The fruits of the cocoa tree have a leathery shell, are yellow to red, 15-20 cm long and weigh up to 500 g.

They need about four to five months to grow to their full size. Under their extremely hard shell are arranged in five rows 30-60 white seeds, surrounded by a white, sweet and slimy, very tasty fruit pulp. From the seeds, the cocoa beans will be produced in several processes, cocoa mass, cocoa powder and cocoa butter for the production of chocolate.