Ma'anar ƙamus na kalmar "cacao bean" tana nufin irin itacen cacao, wanda ake amfani da shi don samar da kayan koko da cakulan. Ana girbe wake na cacao, a bushe, a bushe kafin a gasa shi kuma a sarrafa shi cikin samfuran cakulan iri-iri. An san shi da wadataccen ɗanɗanon sa na ƙasa kuma shine mahimmin sinadari a yawancin kayan zaki da kayan zaki.