Dischidia ovata

Dischidia ovata
	Dischidia ovata at the Berlin Botanical Garden and Botanical Museum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Gentianales
Family:	Apocynaceae
Genus:	Dischidia
Species:	D. ovata
Binomial name
	Dischidia ovata; Benth.

Dischidia ovata (sometimes commonly called watermelon dischidia) is a plant in the genus Dischidia native to New Guinea and North Queensland.[1] Named scientifically for its ovate leaves, its common name refers to the leaf venation that resembles a watermelon, similarly to unrelated plants like Peperomia argyreia. The species is succulent and grows as an epiphytic or lithophytic vine in a variety of habitats.[1][2]

References

"Dischidia ovata Benth., London J. Bot. 2: 226 (1843).", World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
Forster, P.I.; Liddle, D.J. (1988). "Studies on the Australasian Asclepiadaceae, Iv Dischidia R. Br. In Australia". Austrobaileya. 2 (5): 507–514. ISSN 0155-4131. JSTOR 41738717.

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[wcsp-1] "Dischidia ovata Benth., London J. Bot. 2: 226 (1843).", World Checklist of Selected Plant Families

[2] Forster, P.I.; Liddle, D.J. (1988). "Studies on the Australasian Asclepiadaceae, Iv Dischidia R. Br. In Australia". Austrobaileya. 2 (5): 507–514. ISSN 0155-4131. JSTOR 41738717.