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Shingle Plant

Dischidia collyris

Description:

vine with suction cup like leaves

Habitat:

tropics

Notes:

I spotted this near my guesthouse in the chocolate hills on the island of Bohol. Never seen anything like it.

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7 Comments

Bemar
Bemar 3 years ago

Its actually a Hoya Imbricata
https://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=htt...

alice and nath
alice and nath 12 years ago

Congrats!

Dan Doucette
Dan Doucette 12 years ago

I've updated with the proper ID. An ID made by ceherzog led me to Dischidia and solving this mystery.

auntnance123
auntnance123 12 years ago

I spotted something similar in Uvita, Costa Rica (still no ID). http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/565...
Both are pretty peculiar as vines go.

alicelongmartin
alicelongmartin 12 years ago

Really Different!

alice and nath
alice and nath 12 years ago

Weird leaves, they look like plastics. :)

SusanEllison
SusanEllison 12 years ago

wow...sure is unusual.

Dan Doucette
Spotted by
Dan Doucette

Bohol, Philippines

Spotted on Jan 26, 2005
Submitted on Jun 26, 2011

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