Polygonaceae

Triplaris americana L.

Family: Polygonaceae
Genus: Triplaris

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Triplaris americana: Triplaris americana - POLYGONACEAE Asa Norte - Brasília - Distrito Federal - Brasil. — Photo: João Medeiros, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (2)

Chinese: 树蓼, 蓼树
German: Ameisenbaum

Synonyms

Magonia martei Kuntze
Magonia martii (Meisn.)Kuntze
Ruprechtia martii Meisn.
Triplaris boliviana Britton
Triplaris brasiliana Cham.
Triplaris estriata Kuntze
Triplaris euryphylla S.F.Blake
Triplaris felipensis Wedd.
Triplaris formicosa S.Moore
Triplaris guanaiensis Rusby
Triplaris laxa S.F.Blake
Triplaris noli-tangere Wedd.
Triplaris pavonii Meisn.
Triplaris pyramidalis Jacq.
Triplaris schomburgkiana Benth.
Triplaris striata Kuntze
Triplaris williamsii Rusby

Photos

Photo: João Medeiros, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: João Medeiros, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Bernard DUPONT from FRANCE, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Bernard DUPONT from FRANCE, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Bernard DUPONT from FRANCE, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Bernard DUPONT from FRANCE, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Alejandro Bayer Tamayo from Armenia, Colombia, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Alejandro Bayer Tamayo from Armenia, Colombia, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Alejandro Bayer Tamayo from Armenia, Colombia, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Forest and Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Forest and Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Forest and Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.