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  • Read Examiner. com's The Caesalpinia is a family of extremely showy plants that everyone who lives in a warm, dry

    WN.com - Articles related to This Diwali, books and plants replace sweets 2009

  • Quinine tree Chinchona succirubra and mora Caesalpinia bonduc have altered parts of the humid zone of Santa Cruz and San Cristobal.

    Galápagos National Park & Galápagos Marine Resources Reserve, Ecuador 2009

  • Last century, many valuable timber species formed extensive jungles of tremendous tree size, but today are almost extirpated, among them were Swietenia macrophylla, Cedrela odorata, Caesalpinia ebenum, Cariniana pyriformis, Tabebuia chrysantha, Bombacopsis sp.,

    Sinú Valley dry forests 2008

  • Besides being the only Colombian region to have naturally grown mahogany (Switenia macrophylla), the Colombian ebony (Caesalpinia ebenum) is endemic to the drier parts of this ecoregion.

    Sinú Valley dry forests 2008

  • In addition, on the disturbed margins of the forest, exotics such as Lantana camara, Mauritius thorn (Caesalpinia decapetala), wattle (Acacia mearnsii), and eucalyptus species are invading, thereby threatening the biodiversity of the forests.

    Eastern Zimbabwe montane forest-grassland mosaic 2008

  • Cordia alliodora, Croton pseudoniveus, Lonchocarpus lanceolatus, Trichilia trifolia, Caesalpinia eriostachys form the upper forest layer with trees of 20-30 m.

    Jalisco dry forests 2008

  • Beach forest is composed of Barringtonia, Caesalpinia, and Terminalia.

    Sulu Archipelago rain forests 2008

  • Two trees of great value in the timber industry are today very rare: Brazil-wood (Caesalpinia echinata) and Brazilian rosewood (Dalbergia nigra).

    Biological diversity in the Atlantic Forest 2008

  • The most common vegetation in the ecoregion includes Acacia glomerosa, Bourreria cumanensis, Bulnesia arborea, Caesalpinia coriniana, Copaifera venezolana, Croton sp.,

    Guajira-Barranquilla xeric scrub 2008

  • The characteristic species of the hills are the cardo de lomas (Cactáceas), amancaes (Hymenocallis amancaes), tara (Caesalpinia tara), papaya silvestre (Carica sp.) and others otras.

    Sechura desert 2008

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