Streblus asper
(Moraceae)
Names and origins
Characters
Ecology
Uses
Conservation
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Forest type (costal, hill, lowland, peatswamp, mountains, kerangas...)
Forest Layer (emergent, canopy, understory, forest floor, liana...)
Pioneer tree, late sucessional tree
Symbiotic microorganisms (Nitrogen-fixing bacteria, ectomycorrhiza)
Seed dispersal by animals
Pollination by birds, bats, bees, beetles
Symbiosis with animals, ants
Flowering habits and frequency
Seed germination conditions and time
<p> the species occupies a very wide range of habitats including tropical and subtropical dry broad-leaf forests, tropical subtropical moist broad-leaf forests as well as swamp forests. It is mostly found in lowland and hill forests up to 900 m altitude and also occurs in areas disturbed by man as well as on limestone karst hills. </p> <p> <i>Streblus asper</i> exhibits fruiting seasonality in tropical dry forests. Bulbuls are major frugivores and seed dispersers. Although <i>Streblus asper</i> belongs to the same family as figs (<i>Ficus sp.</i>), it attracts a lesser variety of fruit eating birds. Jungle fowls have been observed observed feeding on the green unripened fruits. </p>
Streblus asper (Moraceae) Streblus asper (Moraceae)