Stats

Lifespan

Perennial

Size

Large

Diet

Photosynthetic

Biome

Tropical coast

Range

Worldwide

Movement

Sessile

Breeding

Seeds

Defense

Spines

Status

Uncommon

About

This thorny liana scrambles over tropical vegetation near the ocean. Its grey seeds drift across entire oceans to sprout on distant shores.

Life cycle

1. 1.
   seed

   A dormant seed waits for water and warmth before germinating.
2. 2.
   sprout

   A first shoot emerges with cotyledon leaves and a tap root reaching down.
3. 3.
   sapling

   A young plant grows true leaves and a stem or trunk, putting on height each season.
4. 4.
   mature

   Fully grown, flowering or fruiting at adult size.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Fabales

Family

Fabaceae

Genus

Guilandina

Species

Guilandina bonduc