Accession Data
Dischidia platyphylla
Common Name: Ant Plant, Dischidia
Family: Apocynaceae
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.
Accession Data
USDA Zone: 11
Accession #: 200300261
Accession Date: 2003-07-14 00:00:00
Bloom Status: 🪴 Not Flowering
Location: 1218
Quantity: 1
Source: Tanya Livshultz - Cornell/Harvard
Classification
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Subclass: euasterid I
Order: Gentianales
Family: Apocynaceae
SubFamily: Asclepiadoideae
Tribe: Marsdenieae
Flowering Data:
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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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