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Dischidia platyphylla
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Dischidia platyphylla is a species of plant in the genus Dischidia native to the Philippines. Its name (platyphylla) refers to the flattened leaves, which as it climbs may cling in a shingle-like way to trees, similar to related species like Dischidia imbricata. These leaves are a form of domatia, which act as a shelter for ants in an example of mutualism with ants that is found in several species of Dischidia.
- Family
- Apocynaceae
Ecology
How it lives
- Propagated by
- Seed
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- Name
- Dischidia platyphylla
- Slug
- dischidia-platyphylla
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Family
- Apocynaceae
- Genus
- Dischidia
- Species
- platyphylla
- Propagule type
- seed
- Container suitable
- No
- Indoor suitable
- No
- OSSI pledged
- No
- Hazard level
- 1
- Data completeness
- 43
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