Common name: Ant Plant, Dischidia
Family: Apocynaceae
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Country of Origin: Phillipines
Description: Plants develop imbricate leaves which hold tightly to the growing surface. The underside of the leaf has a space which is filled with roots that the ants take advantage of.
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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:
- Wikipedia
- The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed on Thursday, October 20, 2016.
- Dischidia platyphylla at Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Last accessed on Thursday, October 20, 2016.
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