Table 1.

Botanical composition, tree dimensions, and mean age of the 790 heritage trees in Macau grouped by 50 genera.

GenusTotal no. of treesNo. of street treesNo. of non-street treesNo. of native treesNo. of exotic treesMean height (m)Mean crown area (m2)Total crown area (m2)Mean dbh (cm)Total leaf area (m2)Mean leaf area (m2)Mean age
Acacia211211.049.198.192.5675.0337.5100
Aglaia1113.27.17.127.013.213.2100
Albizia144101415.197.71,368.189.07,377.4527.0109
Aleurites10281012.866.2662.289.92,797.0279.7111
Aporosa1119.219.619.647.0103.9103.9100
Araucaria11120.012.612.680.0135.7135.7100
Artocarpus6243313.078.1468.582.82,299.9383.3120
Averrhoa422411.086.3345.084.51,483.7370.9208
Bombax217142117.798.22,063.199.510,675.7508.4127
Bridelia33313.3119.5358.557.51,974.6658.2113
Canarium11118.523.823.873.0197.7197.7100
Cassia22212.866.3132.678.0765.4382.7110
Celtis10101013.0142.81,428.392.68,686.4868.6133
Cinnamomum4412324413.9120.65,307.9107.223,290.1529.3157
Cleistocalyx33315.5109.3328.092.01714.2571.4107
Cordia11117.050.350.390.0341.8341.8220
Delonix11291114.6114.51,259.196.45,827.8529.8101
Dimocarpus3814243812.087.33,315.565.816,767.9441.3152
Diospyros1119.036.336.365.0272.8272.8100
Dracontomelon22216.0158.9317.786.51,088.2544.1110
Elaeocarpus3339.772.9218.879.01,133.2377.7100
Erythrina871814.7107.6860.6111.64,773.2596.7111
Eucalyptus11113.518.118.1140.0193.2193.2110
Ficus4402312096437613.890.039,587.0158.8204,744.0465.3108
Hibiscus1117.028.328.358.0135.6135.6100
Ilex22212.594.7189.478.51,042.4521.2100
Lagerstroemia2225.517.134.129.0148.774.3120
Litchi22213.581.7163.463.5975.8487.9100
Litsea211202114.057.01,197.183.76,869.7327.1126
Lophostemon11112.070.970.969.0462.4462.4100
Macaranga11113.0283.5283.5100.01,247.51247.5100
Machilus22215.0182.7365.4106.01,777.6888.8155
Mangifera22215.388.5176.9102.5941.5470.7140
Manikara11110.038.538.564.3329.0329.0100
Michelia332115.777.6232.783.31,580.5526.8100
Morus4449.065.3261.275.71,408.7352.2163
Murraya3337.020.862.446.7319.3106.4133
Ormosia11115.0122.7122.742.5687.2687.2100
Phyllanthus1117.028.328.339.6179.1179.1100
Pinus33315.527.883.479.3469.9156.6110
Plumeria2626267.628.7744.962.54,193.4161.3132
Podocarpus12121213.035.1421.256.15118.9426.6145
Pterospermum131311219.1164.52,138.9108.71,0311.5793.2141
Rhaphiolepis4446.613.754.817.6302.975.7100
Sapindus33312.264.0192.168.31016.0338.7117
Sapium615612.362.3373.562.01,770.8295.1110
Schefflera2228.912.023.965.0141.070.5100
Sterculia77711.148.2337.562.41,634.4233.5111
Syzygium3823631712.770.72,685.588.813,895.7365.7156
Ulmus11112.0113.1113.1110.0550.3550.3125
Total79028950130049068,710.4354,841.5
Mean12.474.678.2397.9119.8