Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... By Angela Mason Foster Extension Master GardenerSM Volunteer Few plants have ...

Hundreds of millions of trees suffer this fate every year. But the opposite appears to be the case for the towering tonka bean tree (Dipteryx oleifera), a native of the rainforests of Panama that ...

The tonka bean tree, scientifically known as Dipteryx oleifera, has developed the ability to not only survive strikes but also to transfer the electricity from lightning to its “enemies” and ...

The cacao tree's large pods contain dozens of seeds ... consumption and production patterns of the actual cacao bean has led ...

But in the lowland rainforests of Panama, one species of towering tropical tree may have evolved to use this force of nature to its advantage. The tonka bean tree (Dipteryx oleifera) may actually ...

Vanilla beans begin as the seedpods of a tropical orchid (left); Chocolate is made from the seeds hidden inside the fruit of the cacao tree (right ... ground the vanilla bean for lung and ...

Cacao fruit are the seeds of the Theobroma cacao tree, and come in a range of colors as they ripen, ranging from vivid yellow to a deep red. The Aztecs used the pods as a form of money, ...

The tonka bean tree can survive a lightning strike, and thrive. Lightning strikes may kill untold numbers of trees every year, but one tropical species has evolved to benefit from the sudden jolts ...

Chocolate stands as an undisputed champion, tantalizing taste buds with its rich, velvety allure. Ever wondered how chocolate is made?