Triplaris americana




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