Dischidia hirsuta

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| image = Dischidia hirsuta potted.jpg

| image_caption = Dischidia hirsuta grown as a houseplant

| genus = Dischidia

| species = hirsuta

| authority = (Blume) Decne.

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Dischidia hirsuta is a species of plant in the genus Dischidia. It is widely distributed in Southeast Asia from Thailand through Vietnam, Indonesia, the Philippines and continuing to the Solomon Islands.{{cite POWO |id=96950-1 |title=Dischidia hirsuta }} It grows as an epiphyte and its name refers to its often hirsute foliage covered in fine hairs,{{Cite web |title=NParks {{!}} Dischidia hirsuta |url=https://www.nparks.gov.sg/florafaunaweb/flora/5/6/5650 |access-date=2022-10-15 |website=www.nparks.gov.sg}} though the species has variable foliage and flowers throughout its range.{{Cite journal |title=The rediscovery of Dischidia hirsuta (Apocynaceae, Asclepiadoideae) in Singapore |url=https://www.nparks.gov.sg/sbg/research/publications/gardens-bulletin-singapore/-/media/sbg/gardens-bulletin/gbs_64_02_y2012_v64_02/64_02_293_y2012_v64p2_gbs_pg_293.pdf |journal=The Gardens' Bulletin Singapore}} Its succulent leaves may be lanceolate to more rounded, and are sometimes covered with red spots. The flowers range from pale yellow to dark red.

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