theobroma bicolor

[gardenhoe]

Does macombo only flower on new growth? I went a little coco loco and decided to add a macombo to my collection if I can get the seeds to germinate, but I have read that they do not flower on the trunk like cacao but on "thin" branches. What do they mean by "thin"?The pods look substantial.

[Finca La Isla]

Pataxte doesn’t produce on the trunk but on the branches.  The branches aren’t that thin.  The fruits fall when ripe.
Peter

[Mike T]

If cocoa is an elephant T.bicolor is a giraffe with long weepy branches that can hang down. It is open tall and sparse. The fruit can be on quite thing branches hanging and causing wispy branches to arch.

[gardenhoe]

thank you