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Triplaris cumingiana (ant tree)

Synonyms: Triplaris americana (heterotypic); Triplaris arnottiana; Triplaris auriculata; Triplaris guayaquilensis; Triplaris lindeniana

Attributes

Specific Gravity [1]  0.52

Predators

Dysmicoccus probrevipes[2]
Saissetia auriculata[2]

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Jérôme Chave, Helene C. Muller-Landau, Timothy R. Baker, Tomás A. Easdale, Hans ter Steege, Campbell O. Webb, 2006. Regional and phylogenetic variation of wood density across 2,456 neotropical tree species. Ecological Applications 16(6), 2356 - 2367
♦ 2Ben-Dov, Y., Miller, D.R. & Gibson, G.A.P. ScaleNet 4 November 2009
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0