Meve U., Heiduk A., Dötterl S., Liede-Schumann S., Large-flowered stapeliad Edithcolea grandis (Apocynaceae: Asclepiadoideae) is pollinated by dung- and blood-feeding African face flies (Muscidae: Musca xanthomelas), TAXON, 2026, 75(5):e70251, doi: 10.1002/tax.70251
Observations of an Edithcolea grandis population in Tanzania document pollination by female Musca xanthomelas. A separate scent analysis was conducted on a flower from a plant cultivated in Germany. The paper describes unusual volatile p-cresyl esters and develops the hypothesis of wound mimicry as a fly food source.