Crossword puzzle clue "pod bearing plant"

a genus of thorny leguminous trees and shrubs, found esp. in arid regions of Australia and tropical Africa

(Nahuatl) a small evergreen tree of South America and the West Indies, from the fruit of which cocoa and chocolate are prepared

CAROB, (Arabic) the sweet-flavoured seed of an evergreen tree, aka locust bean

to form pods

DEHISCE, to split open

a tropical plant of the mallow family, with edible pods, aka gumbo