The moist evergreen forest is made up of two types (northwest and southeast), and includes trees such as Entandrophragma utile, Khaya ivorensis, and Triplochiton scleroxylum. From Wordnik.com. [Eastern Guinean forests] Reference
Caesalpinoideae, while Terminalia and Entandrophragma species and Anonidium manii are common. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 7] Reference
Symphonia globulifera, Entandrophragma palustre, Uapaca heudelotii, Sterculia subviolacea, Alstonia congensis, and species of Manilkara and Garcinia. From Wordnik.com. [Eastern Congolian swamp forests] Reference
Symphonia globulifera, Entandrophragma palustre, Uapaca heudelotii, Sterculia subviolacea, Alstonia congensis, and species of Manilkara and Garcinia characterize the swamp forests. From Wordnik.com. [Western Congolian swamp forests] Reference
Subdominants are similar to those in mixed forest: Uapaca guineesis, Cannarium schweinfurthii and Entandrophragma spp. occur, and, being shade intolerant species, are good indicators of past disturbance. From Wordnik.com. [Okapi Faunal Reserve, Democratic Republic of Congo] Reference
Logging of natural forest for valuable hardwoods such as iroko (Milicia excelsa) and mahogany (Khaya and Entandrophragma species) has also contributed to the decline in forest area in all four countries in this ecoregion. From Wordnik.com. [Eastern Guinean forests] Reference
Species listed include Afzelia bipindensis (V), Anthonotha ferruginea and Piptandeniastrum africanum (V) in the Leguminosae, Sterculia oblonga and Triplochiton scleroxylon (V) in the Sterculiaceae, rouge Entandrophragma sp. From Wordnik.com. [Dja Faunal Reserve, Cameroon] Reference
Some of the characteristic species of the ecoregion include emergent trees up to 60 m tall (Entandrophragma congoense, Pentaclethera eetveldeana, Pericopsis elata, Gilbertiodendron dewevrei), shrub species of Drypetes (D. calvescens, D. capillipes, D. chevalieri), and abundant lianas and rattans. From Wordnik.com. [Northwestern Congolian lowland forests] Reference
Cylicodiscus gabunensis, Gossweilerodendron balsamiferum, Piptadeniastrum africanum) and the Meliaceae (Entandrophragma spp. From Wordnik.com. [Cross-Niger transition forests] Reference
Both the moist evergreen forest and semi-deciduous forests in Cote d’Ivoire also contain Entandrophragma spp. and Khaya spp. From Wordnik.com. [Eastern Guinean forests] Reference
In Liberia and in the semi-deciduous forests of Côte d’Ivoire, Entandrophragma spp. and Khaya spp., are often the dominant species. From Wordnik.com. [Western Guinean lowland forests] Reference
Cylicodiscus gabunensis, Gossweilerodendron balsamiferum, Piptadeniastrum africanum), and by the Meliaceae family (Entandrophragma spp. From Wordnik.com. [Nigerian lowland forests] Reference
Entandrophragma bussei. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 7] Reference
Large emergent trees include Irvingia excelsa, I. robur, I. grandiflora, Klainedoxa gabonensis, Cannarium schweinfurthii, Pachylesma tessmannii, Entandrophragma spp. From Wordnik.com. [Okapi Faunal Reserve, Democratic Republic of Congo] Reference
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