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Myrmecodia platytyrea is a myrmecophilous (ant-loving) plant in the gardenia family Rubiaceae native to New Guinea and northern Australia. The species was described in 1884 by Italian botanist Odoardo Beccari. It has two subspecies. Plants of this species have been used in traditional medicine in West Papua and have been investigated for their effects in potentially treating various diseases.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Myrmecodia platytyrea by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
