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Dischidia major (Vahl) Merr.
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- Common Name:
- Family: Apocynaceae Juss.
- Country of Origin:
- Habitat:
- 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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     Accession Data:- Accession # 200300258
- Source: Tanya Livshultz - Cornell/Harvard
- Accession Date: 07-14-2003
- Bench: 4110 - EPI:West Dischidia
- Qty: 2 confirmed on 11-17-2009
Classification:- Division: Magnoliophyta
- Class: Magnoliopsida
- SubClass: euasterid I
- Order: Gentianales
- SubOrder:
- Family: Apocynaceae
- SubFamily: Asclepiadoideae
- Tribe: Marsdenieae
- SubTribe:
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