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Cacao Tree

Theobroma cacao

Photo by jihwanc1
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Field Notes

Description:

This tree has a fruit. The width of the fruit is 8.5cm and the length is 21cm. The fruit is used to make a sweet treat, CHOCOLATE! It also has a yellow flower which is 2cm long and wide.This tree has huge leaves. Its length of 36cm and its width is 17cm. Its leaf has some scattered hair on the leaf. Its leaf shape is lanceolate. Its leaf venation is netted palmate. Its margin is spiny. The plant has a buttresses root and it is rough and thick.

Habitat:

A secondary rainforest in Sinapore with lots of spiders and bugs.

Notes:

Its leaf is poisonous and is not edible.

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