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What plant can copy the leaves of many other plants on the same shoot?

A climbing plant found in the rainforests of Chile, the Boquila climbs up the stems of other shrubs and trees and has the unique ability to imitate foreign leaves. On the same shoot, bokillas can grow leaves of different colors and sizes, which depend on the type of nearby leaves of other plants. Bokila manages to copy them almost exactly three times out of four. It is still unknown why the goblet needs such an ability, as well as how exactly the mechanism of multiple mimicry is implemented. Perhaps the chemical signals emitted by each plant contribute to this, or horizontal gene transfer is involved.

Authors: Jimmy Wales, Larry Sanger

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