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Dischidia ovata, commonly called watermelon dischidia (pronounced / d ɪ s ˈ k ɪ d i ə /), is a small vine in the frangipani and hoya family Apocynaceae, native to New Guinea and Cape York Peninsula, Australia. [3] The species name ovata refers to its ovate leaves, its common
As the leaves develop, they become increasingly distorted, and ultimately thick and rubbery compared to normal leaves. The color of the leaves changes from the normal green to red and purple, until a whitish bloom covers each leaf. Finally, the dead leaf may dry and turn black before it is cast off. Changes in the bark are less noticeable, if ...
The leaves begin to turn brown at the margins and necrosis progresses towards the base of the leaf. [2] Cankers, which may or may not have black spots, may appear in the epidermal cortical tissue and on the stems of infected plants. Black spots, if visible, are pycnidia and/or perithecia. Black rot is a common symptom on the fruit of gummy stem ...
The first symptoms appear as grayish green, circular spots between the veins of the leaf lobes. [1] With age these spots darken to brown and black. [1] [2] Lesions begin to develop on vines at the vine nodes and then elongate into water-soaked streaks, and these streaks are pale brown at first but turn gray with time. [1]
The watermelon is an annual that has a prostrate or climbing habit. Stems are up to 3 metres (10 feet) long and new growth has yellow or brown hairs. Leaves are 60 to 200 millimetres (2 + 1 ⁄ 4 to 7 + 3 ⁄ 4 inches) long and 40 to 150 mm (1 + 1 ⁄ 2 to 6 in) wide. These usually have three lobes that are lobed or doubly lobed.
An albino corn plant with no chlorophyll (left) beside a normal plant (right) In botany , chlorosis is a condition in which leaves produce insufficient chlorophyll . As chlorophyll is responsible for the green color of leaves, chlorotic leaves are pale, yellow, or yellow-white.
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The plant is not closely related to either watermelons or begonias. These terms relate to the shape, markings and texture of the leaves. Growing to 20 cm (7.9 in) tall and broad, it is an evergreen perennial with asymmetrical oval green leaves, slightly fleshy, strikingly marked with curved silver stripes, and red stems. Tiny green flower ...