From this mistake, the tree from which the beverage is procured has been often confounded with the palm that produces the edible cocoa-nuts, which are the produce of the cocoa-tree (Cocos nucifera), whereas the tree from which chocolate is procured is very different (the Theobroma cacao).

" [Illustration: YOUNG COCOANUT TREE IN POT (Cocos nucifera).

Coccos nucifera, the root is sometimes masticated instead of the Betle-nut.