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Field Notes

Description:

A tall tropical softwood tree

Habitat:

Tropical rainforest

Notes:

Saw larvae of saturniid moth (Samia canningi) feeding on its leaves

Species ID Suggestions

Chinese Tree of Heaven

Ailanthus sp
LuvjoyChoker
1

Mahogany

Swietenia macrophylla
Jason Alexander
1

Comments (1)
LuvjoyChoker
No Jason, this is not mahogany. It is really Ailanthus sp. as I have already suggested. most probably Ailanthus altissima which is a well documented larval food plant of the Eri Silk moth (Samia caningii) as I have mentioned in the note. thanks anyway.
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PublishedNovember 1, 2012

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