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Beach forest occurs on nutrient-poor sandy ridges on the north and northwest coasts of Ujung Kulon, and is typified by such species as Calophyllum inophyllum, Barringtonia asiatica, Hernandia peltata, Guettarda speciosa, Terminalia catappa and Pongamia pinnata.
Ujung Kulon National Park and Krakatau Nature Reserve, Indonesia 2009
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The former is characterized by Bruguiera parviflora, Aquilaria agallocah, Sonneratia griffithii, and Cynometra mimosoides and the latter by Amoora cucullata, Dysophyllum cochinchinensis, D. turbinatus, Intsia bijuga, Barringtonia acutangula, and Combretum trifoliatum.
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Together they traveled, finding yellow raspberries in Padang and the square, angular fruits of the Barringtonia speciosa in Mozambique.
The Fruit Hunters Adam Leith Gollner 2008
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Together they traveled, finding yellow raspberries in Padang and the square, angular fruits of the Barringtonia speciosa in Mozambique.
The Fruit Hunters Adam Leith Gollner 2008
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The dune and beach communities in this ecoregion contain the uncommon Barringtonia asiatica.
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Forest types include swamp forest, rare in South Africa, covering 3,095 ha (64% of the South African total) dominated by Ficus tricopoda, hygrophilous forest and Barringtonia forest.
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Lowland rain forests occur as small habitat pockets with rare tropical flora in Eucalyptus, Barringtonia or Melaleuca (paperbark) dominated vegetation of two types: rain forest associated with springs and seepages; and rain forest on freely draining land.
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Beach forest is composed of Barringtonia, Caesalpinia, and Terminalia.
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Littoral vegetation is typical of that of many Pacific islands with Scaevola taccada, Pandanus tectorius, Barringtonia asiatica, Calophyllum inophyllum, Pisonia grandis, and coconut (Cocos nucifera) being the most common species.
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Tree species in the littoral forest include Casuarina equiseifolia, Pandanus, Barringtonia asiatica, Terminalia catappa, Henandia spp., and Thespesia populnea.
Vanuatu rain forests 2008
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