Myrmecodia beccari DJC Cairns, Qld. Australia VIPP 6-24-19 but has wide

but has wide

Excellent as a landscape plant

and red veneer towards the upper half of the leaves

The plants are green

Myrmecodia beccari DJC Cairns, Qld. Australia VIPP 6-24-19 but has wideAn Australian ant plant with a swollen, tuberous base and thick branches bearing oblong leathery leaves. The tuber is spiny and has openings to inside chambers that, in nature, house ants. These ants have a symbiotic relationship with the plant and in exchange for housing, leave nutrients inside the chambers and provide a measure of protection against predators. However, these ants do not occur in cultivated plants. White flowers are borne in cavities