To attract animals
To store sugar to use later
For humans to eat
Equatorial tree
Emergent
Abnormal
Strangler fig
Rainforests get between 0 and 50 inches of rain a year.
They feed it to fungus, which ant larvae eat
They use it to build a nest
Ant larvae eat the leaves
Adult ants eat the leaves
It acts as camouflage
Sloths eat algae and bacteria
It attracts insects the sloth eats
It cools them off
Emergents and canopy
Canopy and forest floor
Forest floor and deep floor
Emergents and the sky
Find pockets of water for them
All of the above
Carry them to pockets of water
Lay eggs for tadpole food