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Cacao Tree

Theobroma cacao

Photo by jaclync1
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Field Notes

Description:

Flowers: Yellow, about 1-2 cm long with big, spidery anthers
Fruit: 12 cm long cacao fruit, very hard and very green
Leaf shape: Lanceolate
Leaf vein: netted pinnate
Margin: Undulate
Arrangement: sub opposite
texture: Leathery
drip tip
root: buttresses
bark: rough and thick

Habitat:

Secondary Tropical Rainforest

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