BotanyNEET 2025Population attributes, growth models and interactions

Organisms and Populations

Epiphytes growing on a mango branch are an example of which of the following?

A.Commensalism✓
B.Mutualism
C.Predation
D.Amensalism

Solution

An epiphyte uses the mango branch only for support and takes nothing from it — the orchid benefits and the tree is unaffected, which is commensalism.

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