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<blockquote style="position: relative; padding-left: 55px;"><section><a href="https://ecoevo.social/users/ml/statuses/115323067271914418">Megan Lynch (she/her) (ml@ecoevo.social)'s status on Tuesday, 07-Oct-2025 23:08:17 JST</a><a href="https://ecoevo.social/@ml" title="ml@ecoevo.social"><img src="https://gnusocial.jp/avatar/147945-48-20241204183712.webp" width="48" height="48" alt="Megan Lynch (she/her)" style="position: absolute; left: 0; top: 0;">Megan Lynch (she/her)</a><div><a href="https://ecoevo.social/@ml/115323033967726466" rel="in-reply-to">in reply to</a></div></section><article><p>32. At least one thing that carob and cacao have in common is that they're cauliflorous. That means that flowers can grow directly from the trunk.</p><p>To those more used to the spur-fruiting and tip-fruiting habits of apples and apricots, it can look very weird! </p><p>Carob is also ramiflorous - it can flower directly from the branch (I'm not sure if cacao does that). Carob has some variety in this trait. <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/Botany" rel="tag">#Botany</a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/PlantScience" rel="tag">#PlantScience</a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/Horticulture" rel="tag">#Horticulture</a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/Florespondence" rel="tag">#Florespondence</a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/Science" rel="tag">#Science</a></p></article><footer><a rel="bookmark" href="https://gnusocial.jp/conversation/5733714#notice-11250734">In conversation</a><time datetime="2025-10-07T23:08:17+09:00" title="Tuesday, 07-Oct-2025 23:08:17 JST">about 2 months ago</time> <span>from <span><a href="https://ecoevo.social/@ml/115323067271914418" rel="external" title="Sent from ecoevo.social via ActivityPub">ecoevo.social</a></span></span><a href="https://ecoevo.social/@ml/115323067271914418">permalink</a><h4>Attachments</h4><ol><li><label><a rel="external" href="https://gnusocial.jp/attachment/5307509">Side-by-side photos I took of carob and cacao flowering from their trunks. On the left is close-up of carob racemes of female flowers emerging straight from the trunk with a Tiffen color card held next to them for color and scale reference. To the right is a photo of young cacao tree in the conservatory of The Huntington. There's a yellow cacao fruit hanging off the trunk, but also several white flower buds above, their pedicels emerging directly from the trunk of the tree.</a></label><br><a href="https://ecoevo.social/system/media_attachments/files/115/323/039/807/634/313/original/46d376f0647d8c0a.jpg" rel="external">https://ecoevo.social/system/media_attachments/files/115/323/039/807/634/313/original/46d376f0647d8c0a.jpg</a></li><li><label><a rel="external" href="https://gnusocial.jp/attachment/5307510">Untitled attachment</a></label><br></li></ol></footer></blockquote>

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Megan Lynch (she/her) (ml@ecoevo.social)'s status on Tuesday, 07-Oct-2025 23:08:17 JST Megan Lynch (she/her)
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32. At least one thing that carob and cacao have in common is that they're cauliflorous. That means that flowers can grow directly from the trunk.
To those more used to the spur-fruiting and tip-fruiting habits of apples and apricots, it can look very weird!
Carob is also ramiflorous - it can flower directly from the branch (I'm not sure if cacao does that). Carob has some variety in this trait. #Botany #PlantScience #Horticulture #Florespondence #Science
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1. Side-by-side photos I took of carob and cacao flowering from their trunks. On the left is close-up of carob racemes of female flowers emerging straight from the trunk with a Tiffen color card held next to them for color and scale reference. To the right is a photo of young cacao tree in the conservatory of The Huntington. There's a yellow cacao fruit hanging off the trunk, but also several white flower buds above, their pedicels emerging directly from the trunk of the tree.
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