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Medusagyne
Sign in to savethumb|Mahé, home of jellyfish trees
Species
jellyfish tree
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderMalpighiales
- FamilyMedusagynaceae
Observations16
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- taxon common name
- jellyfish tree
- has fruit type
- capsule
- taxonomic type
- Medusagyne oppositifolia
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thumb|Mahé, home of jellyfish trees
Medusagyne oppositifolia, the jellyfish tree, is a species of tree endemic to the island of Mahé, of the Seychelles. It is the only member of the genus Medusagyne of the tropical tree and shrub family Ochnaceae. 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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