Polygonaceae FAMILY

Triplaris peruviana

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

Hollow stems on the tree are inhabited by small, vicious ants which emerge quickly and attack anyone molesting the tree^[1].

Cultivation Details

HabitEvergreen Tree

Growth—

Not known

Propagation

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

Pollinators

Data unavailable

References

[1]Tropical Timbers of the World. Ag. Handbook No. 607. — Chudnoff. Martin. · USDA Forest Service. Wisconsin. · 1984 ↩︎Terse details on the properties of the wood of almost 400 species of trees from the Tropics.
[2]Woods of Northeastern Peru — Williams L. · Field Museum Press; Chicago. · 1936 · http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/ ↩︎Gives information on the properties of the wood of well over 1,000 species of woody plants from northeastern Peru. Can be downloaded from the Internet.
[3]The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture (6 volumes) — Bailey L.H. · The MacMillan Company, Toronto. · 1919 · http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/ ↩︎Rather dated, but it still contains a wealth of useful information. It can be downloaded from the internet.