Cacao or cocoa tree and fruit, Theobroma cacao. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by P. Sluyter after an illustration by Maria Sibylla Merian from Metamorphosis of the Insects of Surinam, Metamorphosis Insectorum Surinamensium, The Hague, 1705.

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Photo credit: © Florilegius / Alamy / Afripics
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