Dischidia is a genus of plants in the “dog-bane” family Apocynaceae, collectively known as the “milkweeds” (true perennial milkweeds in the Apocynaceae are found in the genus Asclepias). They are epiphytes, native to tropical areas of China, India as well as Bhutan’s southern borders, wherever minimal frost occurs. Additionally, they are known from most areas of Mainland Southeast Asia, including forested areas of Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, and some parts of Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore. Several species are also native to Papua New Guinea and northeastern Australia.
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Dischidia is a genus of plants in the “dog-bane” family Apocynaceae, collectively known as the “milkweeds” (true perennial milkweeds in the Apocynaceae...
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Dischidia oiantha is an epiphytic climbing plant in the genus Dischidia native to the Philippines. The foliage of this species is elliptic and has a pendant...
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Dischidia tonkinensis is an epiphytic plant in the genus Dischidia. It is distributed mainly in the south China provinces of Yunnan, Guangxi, and Guizhou...
Dischidia ovata, commonly called watermelon dischidia (pronounced /dɪsˈkɪdiə/), is a small vine in the frangipani and hoya family Apocynaceae, native...
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Dischidia astephana is a species of plant in the genus Dischidia native to Peninsular Malaysia and Borneo. A vining epiphyte that can cover an entire tree...
(e.g. in Rhipsalis and Epiphyllum) and Apocynaceae (e.g. in Hoya and Dischidia). The ecology of epiphytes in marine environments differs from those in...
fashion of roof tiles. While other species of Hoya and the related genus Dischidia grow in a similar habit, Hoya imbricata is also unusual in having only...
Asian Araceae (among which the Giant Arum Amorphophallus titanum), Hoya, Dischidia, Nepenthes, ferns and one of the biggest collections of Asian orchids...
KA, KL, TN Ceropegia vincifolia Apocynaceae E MH (Thane; Pune; Satara) Dischidia rafflesiana Apocynaceae I AS Frerea indica Apocynaceae E MH (Junnar &...
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