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Medusagyne oppositifolia (Jellyfish Tree)

Wikipedia Abstract

Medusagyne oppositifolia, the jellyfish tree, is a critically endangered and unusual tree endemic to the island of Mahé, of the Seychelles. It is the only member of the Medusagyne genus of the Ochnaceae family of tropical trees and shrubs. The plant, thought to be extinct until a few individuals were found in the 1970s, gets its common name from the distinctive jellyfish-like shape of its dehisced fruit.
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Endangered Species

Status: Critically Endangered
View IUCN Record: Medusagyne oppositifolia

Providers

Pollinated by 
Apis mellifera (honey bee)[1]
Ornidia obesa[1]
Platycephala umbraculata (house fly)[1]
Rhynchium brunneum[1]

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
1Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0