Polygonaceae FAMILY

Triplaris caracasana

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

This tree is characterized by the presence of hosts of warlike, stinging ants, which inhabit the hollow branches and fall thick as rain on the intruder at their first contact with the trunk^[1].

Cultivation Details

HabitEvergreen Tree

Growth—

A tree mainly of the lowland tropics, where it is found at elevations up to 1,000 metres. A dioecious species, both male and female forms need to be grown if seeds are required^[1].

Propagation

Seed - Cite as: Tropical Plants Database, Ken Fern. tropical.theferns.info. 2026-02-20. <tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Triplaris+caracasana>

Pollinators

Data unavailable

References

[1]A Century of Trees of Panama. — Pittier H. Mell C.D. · http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org ↩︎A work that was very difficult to get published according to the correspondence contained at the start!. A treatment of 100 different species with descriptions and details of uses. It can be downloaded from the Internet.