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NAME AND PICTURE
SCIENTIF
IC NAME
OF PLANT
GROWI
NG
LOCATI
ON
DEFENCE
MECHANIS
MS
-Ficus
Aurea
-Ficus
Watkinsian
a
A tell
canopy
tree
which
grows
45m in
height.
This type
of fig
grows on
host
trees.
They can
be found
in Subtropical
Rainfores
t and
Littoral
Rainfores
t
The
germination
takes place
in the
canopy of a
host tree
until it’s
roots touch
the ground.
Once it
touches the
ground it
enlarges in
size
strangling
the host,
eventually
leading to a
freestanding
tree.
Orchids
grow in
almost
every
habitat,
but
glaciers.
However
a great
many of
them are
found in
the
tropics.
It’s
symmetry
with how the
flowers are
attached
may make it
difficult to
notice. There
goal is to
attract aunts
and wasps
as a source
of food and
shelter, and
in return the
orchid gets
it’s own
bodyguards
and security.
Stangler Fig
Orchid
Orchidacea
e
KEY/UNIQUE
CHARACTERIST
ICS ABOUT
PLANT
- Flowers are
found inside the
fruit which is
large, dark purple
when ripe with
yellow dots,
fleshy and ovular.
- Most important
food tree for
birds.
-Flowers are
pollinated by
wasps which
enters the fruit
through a small
hole before the
fleshy part of the
fruit develops.
-Seeds are
germinated and
dropped where
they grow by
animal droppings.
- The ripening of
a fruit and seed
takes 2 to 18
months.
- The tubers of
orchids are
grounded up and
used for cooking.
-Largest family of
flowering plants.
- Number of
orchid species
equals more then
twice the number
of birds and four
times the number
of mammal
species.
- Family also
includes vanilla
plant
Pitcher Plant
Nepnthes
Most
plants
grow in
hot
humid
lowland
areas, but
some are
tropical
montane
plants.
Tectona
Grandis
Origniaaly
from
pantation
s in south
East Asia
and can
grow to a
height of
30-40m.
Grows in
tropical
forests
around
the world
Teak tree
Calabash
Crescentia
Cujete
Air Plants
Epiphyte
Carried
througho
ut the
world due
to human
migration
. In
tropical
and
subtropic
al
areas of
Eurasia
and the
America’s
Grows
upon
another
plant.
Founina
temperat
- composes 130
species.
- Often several
meters long and
can grow up to
15m or more, and
usually 1cm or
less in diameter.
-Plant is
carnivorous
therefore eats
meat.
-grayish brown
branchlets.
This tree has
-Leaves are long
an oil on in
from 8- 23cm.
it’s Calih that
- White flowers
is highly
are borne from
water
June to August.
resistant.
- Found in a
This content
variety of habitats
can protect
and climates from
the tree from
areas with
decay,
500mm of rain a
insects, and
year to areas with
bacteria
5, 000mm of rain
per year
-A fluid is
used to
drown prey
which
contains
viscoelastic
biopolymers
that are
crucial to the
retention of
insects.
- Difficult to
break open
the fruit,
which allows
for
protection of
their seeds.
- Contains a
toxin called
cucurbitacins
which can
cause
stomach
ulcers.
- Can be
harvested young,
and used for
vegetable, or
harvested mature
and used as a
bottle, untensil,
or pipe.
- Can help with
diarrhoea and
bronchitis.
By situating
themselves
away from
the ground
they
separate
- Derives it’s
moisture and
nutrients from the
air and rain and
sometimes from
debris
e zone
with a lot
of
mosses,
livewrts,
lichens
and
algae.
Also in
the
tropics.
Native to
Africa and
the
Americas.
Grow on
branches,
but can
also grow
on rocks.
- Defence
mechanism
is against
droughts
when they
curl their
bottom sides
upwards.
Brugmansi
a
Native to
subtropic
al
regions.
They can
dangerous
levels of
poison nd
may be fatal
if ingested
by human or
animals.
Contact with
the eye will
result in
pupil
dilation.
Cocos
Nucifera
The origin
is
unknown,
but is
thought
to be
from
The tuff
outer barrier
of the fruit
makes it
difficult for
outside
threats to
Resurrection Fern
Pleopeltis
polypodioi
des
Angel’s Trumpet
Tree
Coconut
themselves
from
herbivores
and other
things found
on the forest
ground.
accumulating
around it.
- 30, 000
worldwide.
- Also found in
the cloud forests.
- attaches itself to
other plants to
get nutrients.
- Lives on
branches of large
trees.
- During certain
parts of the year
when the fern is
dry, the spores
fall from the plant
and grow into
new plants.
- herbaceous
plants with erect
flowers.
- Large shrubs or
small trees,
reaching 3- 11m
with tan slightly
rough bark.
- The name refers
to the large, very
dramatic
pendulous
trumpet- shaped
flowers that can
grow up to 20
inches long and
10- 35 cm wide.
- Branches can be
up to 2m long.
- Insects are
attracted to the
sweet nectarines
on the flowers.
- The coconut
south
Asia or
South
America.
Today
they are
found in
wet
tropics
North and
South of
the
equator.
Sensitive plant
Mimosa
Pudica
Native to
South
America
and
Central
America
Grows in
hot, very
humid
areas. It
does best
with full
sunlight.
break into it
and get
inside.
Protecting
the inner nut
and seeds.
- It increases
it’s survival
rate by being
able to fix
nitrogen
from the soil.
- Since it’s
able to
shrivel itself
the plant
would see
less of water
loss then if it
were not
able to do
so.
water can be
used as a drink,
the white flesh
can be eaten. The
dried endosperm
coconut oil can be
extracted, which
is used in soap
and many
cosmetic
products.
- Fibres can be
used as ropes,
ect.
- Leaves can be
used as a roof
and the wooden
part as building
material.
- The leaves fold
inward and droop
when touched or
shaken.
- It re-opens
minutes latter.
- Has become a
pantropical weed.
- The foliage
closes during
darkness and
reopens in light.
Refeerences:
- Stangler Fig:
-http://www.lamingtonnationalpark.net.au/Documents/Plant/Fig.htm
-http://www.floridaplants.com/Reprints/Ficus%20aurea%20Strangler%20Fig.htm
-http://www.blueplanetbiomes.org/strangler_figs.htm
-http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ficus_aurea
-Orchids:
-http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orchid
-http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plant_defense_against_herbivor
-Pitcher Plant:
-http://www.naturephoto-cz.com/pitcher-plant:nepenthes-macrophylla-photo-6817.html
-http://www.carnivorous--plants.com/pitcher-plant.html
-http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nepenthes
-Teak Tree:
-http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_is_the_scientific_name_for_the_Teak_tree
-http://www.giantchess.com/manufacturer/about_teak_wood.html
-http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teak
-Calabash:
- http://saharanvibe.blogspot.com/2007/04/calabash.html
-http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calabash
- Air Plants:
-http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epiphyte
-http://rainforests.mongabay.com/0405.htm
-Resurrection Fern:
-http://www.sfrc.ufl.edu/4h/Resurrection_fern/resufern.htm
-http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=PLPOP
-http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pleopeltis_polypodioides
-Angel’s Trumpet Tree:
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brugmansia
- http://listsoplenty.com/blog/?p=5018
-Coconut:
-http://www.bijlmakers.com/fruits/coconut.htm
-http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coconut
- Sensitive Plant:
-http://www.plantcare.com/encyclopedia/modest-princess-660.aspx
-http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mimosa_pudica