Dischidia vidalii

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|image = Ant Plant (Dischidia pectinoides) 1.jpg

|image_caption = In flower, and showing one of the hollow leaves

|genus = Dischidia

|species = vidalii

|authority = Becc.{{R|POWO}}

|synonyms = *Dischidia pectenoides {{small|H.Pearson}}

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Dischidia vidalii, commonly known as ant plant or kangaroo pocket,{{R|NPSING}} is a plant in the frangipani family Apocynaceae native to the Philippines.{{R|POWO}} It is a climbing plant with clusters of pink or magenta flowers.{{R|NPSING}} Like some other species in the genus — e.g. Dischidia major — and in the related genus Hoya, this species has evolved a symbiotic relationship with ants. In addition to small, oval leaves the plant develops significantly larger, hollow leaves where additional roots grow, and these leaves are colonised by ants.{{R|MERRILL}}

References

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{{cite web |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:60474364-2 |title=Dischidia vidalii Becc. |website=Plants of the World Online |publisher=Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew |year=2024 |access-date=18 September 2024}}

{{Cite web |title=Dischidia vidalii Becc. |url=https://www.nparks.gov.sg/florafaunaweb/flora/1/3/1386 |access-date=2021-07-18 |website=Flora and Fauna Web |publisher=Singapore Government |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201021045502/https://www.nparks.gov.sg/florafaunaweb/flora/1/3/1386 |archive-date=2020-10-21 |url-status=live }}

{{cite book |last1=Merrill |first1=Elmer D. |title=Plant Life of the Pacific World |date=1946 |publisher=The MacMillan Company |location=New York |page=98 |url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.271791/page/n111/mode/2up?view=theater&q=Dischidia}}

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Category:Dischidia

Category:Endemic flora of the Philippines

Category:Plants described in 1886