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Rare plant turns carnivorous when it is low on a key nutrient

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Sticky glands on leaves of the liana Triphyophyllum peltatum that emerge when the plant turns carnivorous

Traud Winkelmann/Leibniz University Hannover

A rare species of climbing vine from West Africa can turn into a carnivore when it doesn’t get enough nutrition from the soil.

The liana…

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