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n. - Genus of tropical hardwood timber trees.

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  • Much of the mature moist forest in this ecoregion is an association of Dacryodes excelsa, Sloanea spp. and Amanoa caribaea.
  • This zone contains the most luxuriant growth, and is dominated by Dacryodes excelsa, Sloanea spp., and Licania ternatensis.
  • The higher altitude form of subtropical rain forest, with Sloanea woollsii as a prominent species, is found at the heads of sheltered valleys below the plateau to the...
  • The two major warm temperate rain forest associations in the area, substantial areas of which remain in unmodified condition, are a Ceratopetalum - Doryphora sub-alliance and...
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