Dendropanax arboreus (L.) Decne. & Planch. (Araliaceae)

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Espinoza, R., Masís, A., Chavarría, F., Guadamuz, A. and Perez, D. 1998. Dendropanax arboreus (Araliaceae) Species Page, June15, 1998. Species Home Pages, Area de Conservación Guanacaste, Costa Rica. http://www.acguanacaste.ac.cr

Tree 10-20 m tall.

Flower:

Fruit:

Globose berries. Dark purple when mature.

View of the infruitescece

Leaves:

Simple, alternate leaves, oblanceolate in form. The tree, specially the young ones might have characteristic trilobate leaves.

Upper surfasce of the leaf	Under surface of the leaf
Petiole

Bark and wood:

Greyish and smooth.

Transversal cut of a branch

Whole plant architecture:

Similar species:

Verification:

II.Geographic distribution:

International:

Mexico to South America (Croat 1978).

In Costa Rica:

Pre-montane wet forests (Croat 1978).

In the Area de Conservación Guanacaste:

In the submontane forests like those of the Cacao, Pailas, and San Cristobal sectors.

Map of macro-habitats of the ACG

III. Natural History:

IV. How to find:

You can find individuals on the edges of the trails in the Cacao, Pailas and San Cristobal sectors.

Acknowledgements.

This project was carried out by the Area de Conservación Guanacaste/CR, with help from INBio/CR, ICBG from the Foggarty center, NIH/USA and NSF/USA. Thanks to Fredy Quesada for identification of this species.

Thanks to Kate Beattie for helping with the image management and the translation of this species page.

Literature cited:

Croat, T.B. 1978. Flora of Barro Colorado Island. Standford University Press, Standford. Pg 683.