Hydnophytum radicans

Hydnophytum moseleyanum is a plant in the coffee and gardenia family Rubiaceae native to the Maluku Islands and New Guinea.

It is an epiphyte that inhabits mangrove forest and rainforest, and it forms a symbiotic relationship with certain species of ants.

It was first described in 1884 by the Italian botanist Odoardo Beccari, and published in his book Malesia.

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