Dischidia major

Common name: Malayan Urn Vine

Family: Apocynaceae

Synonym(s): <i>Dischidia rafflesiana</i> Wall.

Country of Origin: Trop. Asia to N. Queensland

Description: This species develops bullate leaves which are hollow root-filled structures. The plants also produce normal leaves in addition to the bullate leaves. These bullate leaves are formed when the outer margins of a leaf stop growing while the center of the leaf continues to grow. As time progresses the leaf margins curl under to close the gap which creates a small hole. These bullate leaves serve as ant domiciles and as water collecting/storage organs.

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USDA Zone: 11

Source: Tanya Livshultz - Cornell/Harvard

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Classification:

• Division: Magnoliophyta
• Class: Magnoliopsida
• SubClass: euasterid I
• Order: Gentianales
• SubOrder:
• Family: Apocynaceae
• SubFamily: Asclepiadoideae
• Tribe: Marsdenieae
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References:

1. Dischidia major at Wikipedia. Last accessed on Tuesday, July 18, 2017.
2. The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Accessed 12 November 2014.
3. Griffith, William, On the Structure of the Ascidia and Stomata of Dischidia Rafflesiana, Transactions of The Linnean Society of London, Vol 20, 1851, pg 387-390. Accessed 17 April 2015.
4. Image #6 from Wikimedia Commons. Downloaded (CC BY-SA 3.0) 17 April 2015.
5. WCSP (2016). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Last accessed on Tuesday, July 18, 2017.

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