| Family | Polygonaceae |
| Scientific name | Triplaris americana L. |
| Synonyms | Ruprechtia martii Meisner; Triplaris boliviana Britton; Triplaris brasiliana Chamisso; Triplaris estriata Kuntze; Triplaris euryphylla Blake; Triplaris felipensis Weddell; Triplaris formicosa S. Moore; Triplaris guanaiensis Rusby; Triplaris laxa Blake; Triplaris noli-tangere Weddell; Triplaris pavonii Meisner; Triplaris poeppigiana Weddell; Triplaris pyramidalis Jacquin; Triplaris schomburgkiana Bentham; Triplaris striata Kuntze; Triplaris williamsii Rusby |
| Common name | (English common name) ant-tree |
| (Japanese common name) ari-no-ki [ant-tree] | |
| Distribution | Panama, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela, Brazil |
| Reference | Triplaris americana L. |
| Therapeutic agent (US Patent 4247540/1981) | |
| Pharmaceutical preparations of bioactive substances extracted from natural sources (US Patent 6746695/2004) |
| March 2008 at Tsukuba Botanical Garden |
March 2008 at Tsukuba Botanical Garden |
March 2008 at Tsukuba Botanical Garden |