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Shingle Plant

Dischidia collyris

Photo by Dan Doucette
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Field Notes

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.

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (7)
Bemar
Its actually a Hoya Imbricata https://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=https%3A%2F%2Fimage.slidesharecdn.com%2F2-170811021205%2F95%2Fdiversity-of-hoya-in-the-philippines-fernando-aurigue-16-638.jpg%3Fcb%3D1502417592&imgrefurl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.slideshare.net%2Fbardotgov%2Fdiversity-of-hoya-in-the-philippines-fernando-aurigue&tbnid=7IDbKl1pphnN2M&vet=1&docid=cFVn-g-A_czk4M&w=638&h=479&q=hoya%20imbricata&hl=en&source=sh%2Fx%2Fim
Dan Doucette
I've updated with the proper ID. An ID made by ceherzog led me to Dischidia and solving this mystery.
auntnance123
I spotted something similar in Uvita, Costa Rica (still no ID). http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/5658429 Both are pretty peculiar as vines go.

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PublishedJune 26, 2011

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