the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation , search For the town in French Guiana, see Cacao, French Guiana . For the Java Virtual Machine, see CACAO . Cacao Cacao tree with fruit pods Scientific classification Kingdom: Plantae (unranked): Angiosperms (unranked): Eudicots (unranked): Rosids Order: Malvales Family: Malvaceae Genus: Theobroma Species: T.