Dendrophilia (paraphilia)

Dendrophilia (or less often arborphilia or dendrophily) literally means "love of trees". The term may sometimes refer to a paraphilia in which people are attracted to or sexually aroused by trees. This may involve sexual contact or veneration as phallic symbols or both.^[1] Andrew Marvell made poetry using dendrophilic themes.^[2][3]

Bibliography

• Corsini, Raymond J. (1999). The Dictionary of Psychology. Psychology Press, p. 263. ISBN 1-58391-028-X.
• Love, Brenda (1992). The Encyclopedia of Unusual Sex Practices. Barricade Books, NY. ISBN 1-56980-011-1.
• Gregor, Thomas (1987). Anxious Pleasures: The Sexual Lives of an Amazonian People. University of Chicago Press. ISBN 9780226307435