The seeds of this plant is what is used for making chocolate. The Aztecs revered it as a sacred plant. It is a beautiful small tree. The football shaped fruit pods hang from the trunk. The pods start green, turn yellow, then, orange, and then red. Pods of all these different colors hang at the same time, making the tree spectacular looking. Few people know that the seeds are surrounded by a delicious pulp. Likes filtered sunlight, but will also grow in full sun and is medium in growth rate.