Thank you very much Ritesh Ji for the photographs and the info. if it is critically endangered then we should make an effort rescue it through some technique like tissue culture or simply an ex situ conservation effort. those who have access to this plant at any point of time can get some of the tissue sample...
Alok On May 17, 7:32 pm, Ritesh Kumar Choudhary <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear all, > > Sending herewith the images of Hydnophytum formicarum Jack, popularly known > as the 'Ant Plant'. > > The plant belongs to one of the five known genera of tuberous, epiphytic, > myrmecophytes (plant that lives in a mutualistic association with a colony > of ants) belonging to the tribe Psychotrieae, subtribe Hydnophytinae of the > family Rubiaceae. > > In India, it is distributed in Andaman. Recently, it was posted by > Prashantji also but quality of the photographs were unfortunately not upto > the mark. > > Recently I came across this plant at Nha Trang city of Vietnam (ca 200msl) > and thought of sharing the details with eFlora group. > > Distribution: Andaman Island, S. Thailand, Myanmar, Cambodia, Vietnam, > Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines, Fiji and the Cape York Peninsula in > Australia. > > Notes: Listed as critically endangered in Vietnam and Singapore. Probably > rare in India too. > > Hope you'll like this post. > > Regards, > Ritesh. > > Tuber1.JPG > 425KViewDownload > > Flower.JPG > 183KViewDownload > > Flower2.JPG > 222KViewDownload > > Fruits.JPG > 272KViewDownload > > Habit.JPG > 361KViewDownload > > Leaves.JPG > 281KViewDownload > > Tuber.JPG > 376KViewDownload
