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Genus: Dischidia
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Order: Gentianales > Family:
Apocynaceae > Subfamily: Asclepiadoideae
About 80 species of epiphytes, native to tropical regions of
China, India and Indo-China. Five species are cultivated in southern Africa.
Other species, cultivated in southern Africa
List from Glen (2002)
Dischidia albida
Native to Malaysia and Indonesia. |
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Dischidia formosana
Native to Taiwan. |
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Dischidia lanceolata
Native to Indonesia. |
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Dischidia milnei
Native to the Solomon Islands. |
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Dischidia platyphylla
Native to Philippines. |
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