Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
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.
The native range of this species is from Bangladesh, through Indo-China and Malesia to northern Australia. [3] In Vietnam the plant may be called phất dủ lá hẹp. [4]D. angustifolia is a shrub, up to 3 metres (9.8 ft) high, with leaves 150–250 millimetres (5.9–9.8 in) x 20–30 millimetres (0.79–1.18 in) wide.
This Dipterocarpaceae article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.
Teak forest with large foliage in Parambikulam Tiger Reserve, India Teak forest in Nilambur, India. Teak is a large deciduous tree up to 40 m (131 ft) tall with grey to greyish-brown branches, known for its high-quality wood.
Ceiba pentandra is a tropical tree of the order Malvales and the family Malvaceae (previously emplaced in the family Bombacaceae), native to Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean, northern South America, and (as the variety C. pentandra var guineensis) West Africa.
The local name Kanching was named after its type locality of Kanching Forest Reserve in Selangor. [2] Merawan is a Malay term for "as high as the clouds" to represent its height while Giam is a Malay term for "tree with hardwood trunks and branches".
A Chankiri Tree, otherwise known as Rain tree. Samanea saman is a species of flowering tree in the pea family, Fabaceae, now in the Mimosoid clade [5] and is native to Central and South America. [6]
Kapur is logged from old-growth forest, often illegally.These forests have developed over the course of hundreds of years. When harvested, these trees are often between 250 and 1000 years old. [2]