Triplaris caracasana
Triplaris caracasana
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[ 551 Title A Century of Trees of Panama. Publication Author Pittier H. Mell C.D. Website http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description 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. ].
Botanical Description
Triplaris caracasana is a slender, evergreen tree with an ovoid crown; it can grow up to 10 metres tall[ 551 Title A Century of Trees of Panama. Publication Author Pittier H. Mell C.D. Website http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description 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. ]. The straight bole can be 35cm in diameter[ 551 Title A Century of Trees of Panama. Publication Author Pittier H. Mell C.D. Website http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description 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. ]. The wood is sometimes harvested from the wild for local use.