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Sapria himalayana, a Common card
Sapria himalayana, commonly known as the hermit's spittoon, is a rare holoparasitic flowering plant related to Rafflesia found in the Eastern Himalayas.
- Rarity
- Common
- Domain
- Nature
- ATK
- 59
- DEF
- 38
- Power
- 97
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 4,400
Power 97 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 40 % of WikiCards cards.
Sapria himalayana quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Sapria himalayana card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
These haustoria are attached to both the xylem and the ______ of the host plant.
Answer
phloem. These haustoria are attached to both the xylem and the phloem of the host plant. From the Sapria himalayana article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Sapria himalayana. Sapria himalayana 59 · Pristipomoides filamentosus 55 · Pterocarpus macrocarpus 51 · Ledenika 44 ATK in WikiCards.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Pterocarpus macrocarpus. Pterocarpus macrocarpus 7,200 · Ao Phang Nga National Park 5,700 · Sapria himalayana 4,400 · Ninia sebae 3,400 Wikipedia reads over a year.
In a duel, each round asks a question like these about the opposing card, with 15 seconds to answer.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- Sapria himalayana represents the extreme manifestation of the parasitic mode, being completely dependent on its host plant for water, nutrients and products of photosynthesis which it sucks through a specialised root system called haustoria.
- These haustoria are attached to both the xylem and the phloem of the host plant.
Why it is Common
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Sapria himalayana article was read about 4,400 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 59 and blocks with 38: each hit it takes is cut by 15 %.
How to get Sapria himalayana
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Sapria himalayana (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Rohit Naniwadekar, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.
