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Koompassia excelsa (known as tualang in Peninsula Malaysia, [3] tapang in Sarawak, [4] [5] mangaris in Sabah [4], and bangris in Kalimantan [4]) is an emergent tropical rainforest tree species in the family Fabaceae. It is found in Indonesia, Brunei, Malaysia, the Philippines, and Thailand.
Koompassia malaccensis is a tropical rainforest tree species up to 60 m tall [3] in the bean family and the pea subfamily (Papillionidae). It is native to Peninsular Malaysia, Singapore, Borneo and Thailand. [2] It is among the tallest rainforest trees in the world, with one individual reaching 264 ft 10in (80.72 meters) in height. [4]
Blessed with a tropical climate and roughly 17,000 islands, Indonesia is the nation with the second highest biodiversity in the world. The flora of Indonesia reflects an intermingling of Asian, Australian and unique, Indonesian lineages. This is due to the geography of Indonesia, located between the aforementioned continents.
Osmanthus / ɒ z ˈ m æ n θ ə s / [3] is a genus of about 30 species of flowering plants in the family Oleaceae.Most of the species are native to eastern Asia (China, Japan, Korea, Southeast Asia, the Himalayas, etc.) with a few species from the Caucasus, New Caledonia, and Sumatra.
Species name Family Vernacular name Other name Year found Aglaia ceramica: Meliaceae: Amorphophallus titanum: Araceae: Anaphalis javanica: Asteraceae: Aralia javanica
It is found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, also Thailand. It is threatened by habitat loss. [4] The World List of Threatened Trees (Oldfield et al., 1998) listed Iran as one of the countries with a population of A. malaccensis.
Indonesia's tropical forests and peatlands are of national and global ecological, climatic and socioeconomic importance. [7] Researchers have recognised the importance of Indonesian conservation in climate change mitigation , given it possesses the largest coverage of mangrove forests of any country, which act as a carbon sink .
Intsia palembanica is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae.Common names include Borneo teak, Malacca teak, merbau and Moluccan ironwood.It is native to tropical rainforests in Southeast Asia and the islands of the southwest Pacific.