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Do Mango trees inosculate?
« on: June 27, 2013, 01:39:06 PM »
When mango trees grow together do they inosculate, fuse cambiums, or do the cambiums remain separate. I've read a couple threads here that show pictures of trees grown together (e.g. two trees from a polyembrionic double seedling) but cant find info on inosculation. Contemplating some tree sculpture with mangos. I guess the only way this would be known is if someone has cut down trees or limbs grown together and examined the fusion region.
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Re: Do Mango trees inosculate?
« Reply #1 on: June 27, 2013, 02:10:32 PM »
When mango trees grow together do they inosculate, fuse cambiums, or do the cambiums remain separate. I've read a couple threads here that show pictures of trees grown together (e.g. two trees from a polyembrionic double seedling) but cant find info on inosculation. Contemplating some tree sculpture with mangos. I guess the only way this would be known is if someone has cut down trees or limbs grown together and examined the fusion region.

Thanks for teaching me a new word.  I have never see fusion of mango tree limbs but think that with the right kind of wound and sufficient proximity, inosculation would occur with mangoes. As I said, I have no proff, but that would be my hypothesis.
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