Stats

Lifespan: Perennial
Size: Large
Diet: Photosynthetic
Biome: Tropical rainforest
Range: Old World Tropics
Movement: Sessile
Breeding: Seeds
Defense: Toxins
Status: Rare

About

Lepisanthes is a genus of 31 species of plants in the lychee family Sapindaceae, native to tropical Africa, south and southeast Asia, Australia, and Madagascar. Lepisanthes plants can produce up to 1000 fruits per plant in a single season.

Life cycle

1.
seed
A dormant seed waits for water and warmth before germinating.
2.
sprout
A first shoot emerges with cotyledon leaves and a tap root reaching down.
3.
sapling
A young plant grows true leaves and a stem or trunk, putting on height each season.
4.
mature
Fully grown, flowering or fruiting at adult size.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Tracheophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Sapindales
Family: Sapindaceae
Genus: Lepisanthes