Rashida Ji Dischidia diphylla. This is one of the ant trees. Asclepiadaceae Satish
On Sat, Apr 10, 2010 at 12:44 AM, rashida atthar <[email protected]>wrote: > > Thought of sharing this very interesting and unusal leaves of Dischidia. we > had seen the same at Shillong high above on tree trunks and could not > capture any pics. These are growing in a pot at my friend's place at > Shahpur, Mah. as seen by us on 28 March '10. > > Quoting from Stern " Some leaves of Dischidia, an epiphyte ... from > tropical Australasia, develop into pouches that become the home of ant > colonies. The ants carry in soil and add nitrogenous wastes, while moisture > collects in the leaves through condensation of the water vapor coming from > the mesophyll through stomata. This creates a good growing medium for roots, > which develop adventitiously from the same node as the leaf and grow down > into the soil contained in the urnlike pouch. In other words, this > extraordinary plant not only reproduces itself by conventional means but > also, with the aid of ants, provides its own fertilized growing medium and > flower pots and then produces special roots, which " exploit " the > situation." > > After this any doubts about how intelligent plant are? !! > > regards, > Rashida. > > > > > > ------------------------------ > All the post budget analysis and implications Sign up > now.<http://news.in.msn.com/moneyspecial/budget2010/> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "efloraofindia" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<indiantreepix%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix?hl=en. > -- Dr. Satish Kumar Chile -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "efloraofindia" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix?hl=en.
