Thespesia

Although locally called mangroves, Thespesia populnea, Calliandra riparia and Coccoloba uvifera are not mangroves in the strict sense.

Coastal Venezuelan mangroves 2008

Tree species in the littoral forest include Casuarina equiseifolia, Pandanus, Barringtonia asiatica, Terminalia catappa, Henandia spp., and Thespesia populnea.

Vanuatu rain forests 2008

Their presence is particularly damaging to the native Euphorbe arborescente thickets as well as to the rare portia tree (Thespesia populnea) that grows in association with mangroves.

Ile Europa and Bassas da India xeric scrub 2008

The island is visited by Pitcairn islanders once or twice each year, chiefly to cut "miro" Thespesia populnea and tao from which carvings are made for sale to visitors to Pitcairn, and sandalwood Santalum hendersonense.

Henderson Island, United Kingdom 2008

Hardwoods, miro Thespesia popuinea and toa Cordia subcordata also occur.

Henderson Island, United Kingdom 2008

It is dominated by Pisonia grandis reaching 15 m, Thespesia populnea, Calophyllum inophyllum, and Terminalia glabrata.

Marquesas tropical moist forests 2007

Tropical dry forest, with Hibiscus, Pandanus, Thespesia, and Cordia, once covered lower slopes on larger islands such as Eiao and Fau Huku.

Marquesas tropical moist forests 2007

Of low to medium stature with a closed canopy, this forest type contains only a small number of tree species, such as Tournefortia argentea, Guettarda speciosa, Pisonia grandis, Pandanus tectorius, Allophylus timoriensis, Cordia subcordata, Hernandia nymphaeifolia, and Thespesia populnea.

Eastern Micronesia tropical moist forests 2007

Henderson Island plateau forest also contains Thespesia populnea and the shrub Bidens hendersonensis, Celtis sp.,

Tuamotu tropical moist forests 2007

The wild plantain (_Urania guianensis_) and the cultivated plantain (_Musa paridisiaca_), the Mahoe (_Thespesia populnea_), and the pear seed of the Avocado (_Persea gratissima_), furnish dyes in various parts of the West Indies; specimens of many of these have been imported from British Guiana and Trinidad.

The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom Considered in Their Various Uses to Man and in Their Relation to the Arts and Manufactures; Forming a Practical Treatise & Handbook of Reference for the Colonist, Manufacturer, Merchant, and Consumer, on the Cultivation, Preparation for Shipment, and Commercial Value, &c. of the Various Substances Obtained From Trees and Plants, Entering into the Husbandry of Tropical and Sub-tropical Regions, &c. P. L. Simmonds