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• Dischidia_major abstract "Dischidia major or Malayan Urn Vine is an unusual plant first encountered in 1772 as a specimen sent from Madras to Nathaniel Wallich, the curator of the Calcutta Botanical Garden. He published a description in the second volume of Plantae Asiaticae rariores and named it Dischidia rafflesiana in honour of his late friend Sir Stamford Raffles, the founder of Singapore. The honorific did not survive the test of time, but the peculiar morphology of the plant persists. 'Dischidia' is derived from the Greek, meaning "cleft in two" and refers to the apically bifid staminal corona.Dischidia is a genus of some 80 species of trailing, twining or scandent, succulent epiphytes found throughout the tropics of Asia (New Guinea, Moluccas, Philippines, India, tropical Australia, Hong Kong, Taiwan) through to the western Pacific. They carry modified leaves offering accommodation to ants, including those of the family Dolichoderinae, and in return gain some sustenance from increased carbon dioxide and nitrogen levels, and a degree of protection from noxious animals and plants. This mutualism trait, known as myrmecophily, is widespread across the plant world and clearly carries considerable benefits for both ants and plant.Dischidia major twines around the branches and trunks of trees, having a preference for those that are decaying. It produces both circular succulent leaves of about 2 cm diameter, and hollow, pouch-like 12 cm long leaves, reminiscent of the fruits of Araujia sericifera, a related species. These modified leaves, pitchers or ascidia, are purplish and richly dotted with stomata on the inner surface, and have an opening at the top end near the stalk. Organic debris and rainwater, possibly augmented by secreted fluids, accumulate in the cavity over the course of time, offering a source of nutrition which the plant utilises by growing roots into the chamber. Dischidia astephana and D. parvifolia do not provide housing for resident ants, but have roots that penetrate decaying wood and humus, reaching into the ant nests and presumably obtaining nutrients from the ant waste there.Dischidia major flowers are yellow striped with green, and arranged in few or many-flowered umbels. The fruit of D. major consists of the usual horn-shaped pair of follicles while the seed has a tuft of silky hairs at one end and includes an edible portion or elaiosome as incentive for ants to move the seed (myrmecochory) into nests inside the tree with an improved chance of germination and growth.".
• Dischidia_major binomialAuthority Martin_Vahl.
• Dischidia_major class Eudicots.
• Dischidia_major division Flowering_plant.
• Dischidia_major family Apocynaceae.
• Dischidia_major family Asclepiadoideae.
• Dischidia_major genus Dischidia.
• Dischidia_major kingdom Plant.
• Dischidia_major order Asterids.
• Dischidia_major order Gentianales.
• Dischidia_major synonym "*Dischidia rafflesiana".
• Dischidia_major thumbnail Dischidia_major_(Vahl)_Merr.00.jpg?width=300.
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• Dischidia_major binomial "Dischidia major".
• Dischidia_major binomialAuthority "Merr.".
• Dischidia_major familia Apocynaceae.
• Dischidia_major genus "Dischidia".
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• Dischidia_major imageCaption "Plate 142 from Plantae Asiaticae Rariores".
• Dischidia_major ordo Gentianales.
• Dischidia_major regnum Plant.
• Dischidia_major species "D. major".
• Dischidia_major subfamilia Asclepiadoideae.
• Dischidia_major synonyms "*Dischidia rafflesiana".
• Dischidia_major unrankedClassis Eudicots.
• Dischidia_major unrankedDivisio Flowering_plant.
• Dischidia_major unrankedOrdo Asterids.
• Dischidia_major subject Category:Asclepiadoideae.
• Dischidia_major type LivingThing100004258.
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• Dischidia_major type ParacarnivorousPlants.
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• Dischidia_major type Whole100003553.
• Dischidia_major type Eukaryote.
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• Dischidia_major type Species.
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• Dischidia_major comment "Dischidia major or Malayan Urn Vine is an unusual plant first encountered in 1772 as a specimen sent from Madras to Nathaniel Wallich, the curator of the Calcutta Botanical Garden. He published a description in the second volume of Plantae Asiaticae rariores and named it Dischidia rafflesiana in honour of his late friend Sir Stamford Raffles, the founder of Singapore. The honorific did not survive the test of time, but the peculiar morphology of the plant persists.".
• Dischidia_major label "Dischidia major".
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• Dischidia_major sameAs Q5281449.
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• Dischidia_major wasDerivedFrom Dischidia_major?oldid=594101639.
• Dischidia_major depiction Dischidia_major_(Vahl)_Merr.00.jpg.
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