-
domatium (plural:
domatia, from the
Latin "domus",
meaning home) is a tiny
chamber that
houses arthropods,
produced by a plant.
Ideally domatia differ from...
- sti****s of
Acacia drepanolobium that
serve as ant
domatia. An
entry hole can be seen at the base of one of the
spines of the
largest domatia. From the MHNT...
- myrmecophytes.
These plants possess structural adaptations in the form of
domatia where ants can shelter, and food
bodies and
extrafloral nectaries that...
-
component of
their nests, and as a part of an ant/plant
symbiosis in the
domatia (tiny
chambers in
plants that
house arthropods).
Ambrosia beetles cultivate...
- nest on them (acacia ants).
Obligate acacia ants
dwell in the gall-like
domatia within the
swollen sti****r
spines of
African or
Central American ant acacia...
-
example of
structural color,
which is
unusual in plants. The
leaves have
domatia where predatory and
microbivorous mites can be housed.
Native to the Mediterranean...
- to
related species like
Dischidia imbricata.
These leaves are a form of
domatia,
which act as a
shelter for ants in an
example of
mutualism with ants that...
- ants live
inside of
these domatia.
There is only one
colony per tree, but that
colony divides up into many
different domatia. Also
located in the leaf...
-
include the
domatia,
hollow chambers along the
roots and
leaves of the plant, and the caudex, an
enlarged stem-like structure. The
domatia and
caudex provide...
- Acacia, the
modified hollow sti****s are
inhabited by ants and are
known as
domatia. Many
Fabaceae host
bacteria in
their roots within structures called root...
