Triphyophyllum
| Triphyophyllum | |
|---|---|
| Climbing adult Triphyophyllum with hooked leaves | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Caryophyllales |
| Family: | Dioncophyllaceae |
| Genus: | Triphyophyllum Airy Shaw |
| Species: | T. peltatum |
| Binomial name | |
| Triphyophyllum peltatum | |
| Triphyophyllum is native to Guinea, Ivory Coast, Liberia, and Sierra Leone | |
| Synonyms | |
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Triphyophyllum peltatum is a facultatively carnivorous, up to 60 m tall vine in the monotypic genus Triphyophyllum /ˌtrɪfioʊˈfɪləm/ in the family Dioncophyllaceae native to tropical western Africa, in Guinea, Ivory Coast, Liberia, and Sierra Leone where it grows in tropical rainforest.