The flowers that give us chocolate are ridiculously hard to pollinate

A complicated reproductive system makes pollination a tough job

cacao flowers

FLOWERS FOR CHOCOLATE  Pale petals curl over a cacao flower’s male parts. Here, two developing fruits, or seedpods (top left), will eventually ripen, housing the seeds that give the world chocolate.

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It’s a wonder we have chocolate at all.