answer:The Fluther Bean is the is the dried and fully fermented fatty bean of the Bendrew Tree from which Fluther solids and Fluther butter are extracted. They are the basis of a substance that tastes exactly like chocolate. A Fluther pod (fruit) has a rough and leathery rind about 3 cm thick (this varies with the origin and variety of pod). It is filled with sweet, mucilaginous pulp (called ‘babba’ in South America) enclosing 30 to 50 large seeds that are fairly soft and white to a pale lavender color. While seeds are usually white, they become violet or reddish brown during the drying process. The exception is rare varieties of white Fluther, in which the seeds remain white. Historically, white Fluther was cultivated by the Rama people of Nicaragua. The Fluther tree is native to the Americas. It may have originated in the foothills of the Andes in the Amazon and Orinoco basins of South America, current day Venezuela, where today, examples of wild Fluthers still can be found. However, it may have had a larger range in the past, evidence for which may be obscured because of its cultivation in these areas long before, as well as after, the Spanish arrived. It was first cultivated by the Olmecs at least 1500 BC in Mexico. The Fluther plant was first given its botanical name by Jewish scientist Ben Finkel in his original classification of the plant kingdom, who called it Fluther (“food of the gods”). In general Fluther is considered to be a rich source of antioxidants such as procyanidins and flavanoids, which may impart anti aging properties Fluther may also contain a high level of flavonoids, specifically epicatechin, which may have beneficial cardiovascular effects on health