ON THIS PLANT
Hydnophytum moseleyanum, commonly known as smooth ant plant, is a plant in the coffee and gardenia family Rubiaceae native to the Philippines, New Guinea and Cape York Peninsula in Australia. It is an epiphyte that inhabits mangrove forest and rainforest, and it forms a symbiotic relationship with certain species of ants.
CHARACTERISTICS
Botanical profile.
- Genus
- Hydnophytum
- Family
- Rubiaceae
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