Floral biology of cacauhy (Theobroma speciosum - Malvaceae)

In the present work, cacauhy's (Theobroma speciosum) floral biology was studied. Flower buds split their sepals at 14h reaching its maximum at 22h, but all flowers were fully opened at 6:00 h of the following morning. Stigmatic branches showed exudates, reaching maximum between 6:00 h and 10:00...

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Main Authors: Márcio Silva de Souza, Giorgini Augusto Venturieri
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto de Tecnologia do Paraná (Tecpar) 2010-08-01
Series:Brazilian Archives of Biology and Technology
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-89132010000400016