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{{Short description|Species of flowering plant}}{{Speciesbox|image =|genus = Hirtella|species = physophora|authority = Mart. & Zucc.}}Hirtella physophora is a species of plant in the family Chrysobalanaceae. It forms an association with the ant species, Allomerus decemarticulatus. The ants live in honeycombed cylinders they attach to the plant's stems.JOURNAL, Dejean A, Solano PJ, Ayroles J, Corbara B, Orivel J, 2005, Arboreal ants build traps to capture prey, Nature (journal), Nature, 434, 973, 10.1038/434973a, 15846335, 7036, free, The plant nearly always has these ants associated with it.The effect of habitat fragmentation on communities of mutualists: Amazonian ants and their host plants Emilio M. Bruna, Heraldo L. Vasconcelos and Sylvia Heredia Biological Conservation Volume 124, Issue 2, July 2005, Pages 209-216

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