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The daban or Bankoualé palm (Livistona carinensis, VU) is interesting in that the other 30 or so species of Livistona occur in Southeast Asia and Australia.
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The emergent Livistona hasseltii is characteristic, as is the bright-red sealing wax palm Cyrtostachys lakka.
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The fan palm Livistona saribus is a common subcanopy species in small gaps and reaches 20 m in height.
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Sheltered gorges remain inaccessible to feral livestock, and provide habitat for relict species of wetter climates, including the fern Taenitis pinnata, resurrection grass (Micraira spp.), and the tall palm Livistona victoriae which reaches heights of 10 m to 20 m.
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Some characteristic species from these forests include Tristania obovata, Ploiarium alternifolium, Polyalthia glauca, Stemonurus secundiflorus, Radermachera gigantea, Salacca conferta, Livistona hasseltii, and Cyrtostachys lakka.
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The Labi Hills of the Brunei-Sarawak border support a diverse mosaic of forests on podzols and sandy yellow soils, and these are rich in endemics, including two palms, Livistona exigua and Pinanga yassinii, known only from podzolized ridges in the Ulu Ingei area.
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Wet evergreen forest stands disturbed by logging show a characteristic presence of Knema erratica, a fast-growing colonizer, and an increased dominance of Livistona saribus in the upper canopy.
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Among the plants, dragon ombet (Dracaena ombet, EN) and Bankoualé palm (Livistona carinensis, VU) are notable.
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The fan palm Livistona chinensis var. bonensis is a second dominant and is associated with Pandanus boninensis and Ochrosia nakaiana.
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Parts of the North Kimberley are notable in having a relatively dense subcanopy of sand palms (Livistona eastonii).
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