In Cambodia, we saw two species of deciduous trees that were even larger and more aggressive than the strangler fig— the Thitpok - Tetrameles nudiflora and the silk cotton tree, Ceiba pentandra.

The strangler fig is a very important tree in a typical hammock but not the only tree. A fig's tree cover type or biome includes Cabbage palm, slash pine, gumbo-limbo, saw-palmetto, poisonwood and ...