Many species of plants that grow in nutrient poor areas have symbiotic relationships with ants. Often the ants will protect the plants from insect predators, or other aggressive plants like vines, and recieve in return shelter and a source of food.
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A closeup of the tuber and domatia of the ant plant Hydnophytum formicarum in Bako, Sarawak.
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Epiphytic Hydnophytum formicarum at Bako, Sarawak.
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The ant fern Lecanopteris sinuosa (Phymatodes sinuosa) in Bako, Sarawak.
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The ant plants Dischidia major and Myrmecodia tuberosa in the kerangas forest at Bako, Sarawak
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