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  • Sudanese species include the trees Acacia nilotica, Grewia tenax, Grewia villosa, Cordia sinensis, Tamarix gallica and several species of Ficus.

    Aïr and Ténéré Natural Reserves, Niger 2008

  • Nevertheless, the list of 200 species (47% of the country's total) includes 12 species not found elsewhere: Allanblackia kimbiliensis, Balthasaria schliebenii, Croton bukobensis, Grewia milbraedii, Guarea mayombensis, Maesobotrya purseglovei, Memecylon spp.,

    Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Uganda 2009

  • In the tropical semi-evergreen forests common trees and shrubs are Albizia procera, Duabanga grandiflora, Lagerstroemia speciosa, Crateva unilocularis, Sterculia urens, Grewia serrulata, Mallotus philippensis, Bridelia retusa, Aphania rubra, Leea indica and L. umbraculifera.

    Kaziranga National Park, India 2009

  • In the hilly areas with lateritic soils (the residual product of rock decay), the vegetation is characterized by Xylia xylocarpa, Pterocarpus marsupium, Anogeissus latifolia, Grewia tiliaefolia, Terminalia tomentosa, and Terminalia bellirica.

    Orissa semi-evergreen forests 2008

  • Shrubs include Grewia flava, Ziziphus mucronata, Tarchonanthus camphoratus, Rhigozum trichotomum, Acacia hebeclada, and Lycium spp.

    Kalahari xeric savanna 2008

  • Below 2,000m, an Acacia-Commiphora deciduous bushland and thicket, with Grewia spp. and various succulents, is the most widespread vegetation type.

    Southwestern Arabian montane woodlands 2008

  • Other more widespread common species include Putterlickia pyracantha, Rhoicissus tridentata, Grewia accidentalis, Phyllanthus verrucosus, and the grass Panicum maximum.

    Maputaland-Pondoland bushland and thickets 2008

  • The remaining forest consists of scattered fragments of Xylia xylocarpa, Pterocarpus marsupium, Anogeissus latifolia, Grewia tiliaefolia, Terminalia tomentosa, and Terminalia bellirica.

    Orissa semi-evergreen forests 2008

  • Grewia spp., and Gardenia spp. and xerophytic climbers such as species of Tragia, Rivea, Tinospora, Vitis, and Peristrophe.

    Northwestern thorn scrub forests 2008

  • The following species are also restricted to this center (and endemic or near-endemic to this ecoregion): Acacia fleckii, Alchornea occidentalis, Baphia massaiensis subsp. obovata, Brachystegia bakerana, Dialium engleranum, Erythroxylum zambesiacum, Grewia schintzii, Hannoa chlorantha, and Lonchocarpus nelsii.

    Zambezian Baikiaea woodlands 2008

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