Dischidia platyphylla Schltr.

Common Name: Ant Plant, Dischidia
Family: Apocynaceae Juss.

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.

USDA Zone: 11

Accession Data:

Accession # 200300261
Source: Tanya Livshultz - Cornell/Harvard
Accession Date: 07-14-2003
Bench: 1219 - AUS:South Bench E
- Currently: active - healthy
- Qty: 1 confirmed on 02-17-2023

Classification:

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

Flowering Data:

This accession has been observed in bloom on:

Year	Jan				Feb				Mar					Apr				May				Jun					Jul				Aug				Sep					Oct				Nov				Dec
2023
2022
2021
2020
2019

References (internal):

Ant Plants (myrmecophytes)

EEB Greenhouse Holdings native to: Philippines

References (external):

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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