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  • Common woody species are white milkwood (Sideroxylon inerme), dune kokotree (Maytenus procumbens), and Septemberbush (Polygala myrtifolia).

    Albany thickets 2008

  • Evergreen forests of Great Nicobar, Kamorta, and Katchall are dominated by Calophyllum soulattri, Sideroxylon longipetiolatum, Garcinia xanthochymus, Pisonia excelsa, and Mangifera sylvatica.

    Nicobar Islands rain forests 2008

  • Dominant tree species reach heights of 40-60 m, including Dipterocarpus griffithii, D. turbinatus, Sideroxylon longipetiolatum, Hopea odorata, Endospermum malaccense, and Planchonia andamanica.

    Andaman Islands rain forests 2008

  • A great diversity of plants dominate and characterize the dry forests of Jalisco including: Astronium graveolens, Bernoullia flammea, Sideroxylon cartilagineum, Bursera arborea, Calophyllum brasiliense, Dendropanax arboreus, Ficus cotinifolia and Swietenia humilis, forming a middle forest layer with trees of 15-20 m.

    Jalisco dry forests 2008

  • However, the few areas that still contain moist forest assemblages also termed "Tropical Evergreen Forest" are characterized by tall trees reaching up to 30 meters (m), where the dominant species are: Mayan breadnut (Brosimum alicastrum), sapodilla (Manilkara zapota), rosadillo (Celtis monoica), Bursera simaruba, Dendropanax arboreus, and Sideroxylon capiri.

    Veracruz moist forests 2008

  • Fynbos/Thicket Mosaic, as its name implies, is a mixture of fynbos elements (mainly ericoid shrubs and restioids) and large-leaved subtropical shrubs (Cassine and Maytenus, both in the family Celastraceae; Sideroxylon spp., in the family Sapotaceae; Rhus spp. in the family Anacardiaceae).

    Lowland fynbos and renosterveld 2008

  • In the state of Michoacán, the species more commonly present are Ficus mexicana, F. padifolia, Brosimum alicastrum, Licania arborea, Sideroxylon capiri and Enterolobium cyclocarpum.

    Southern Pacific dry forests 2008

  • At least one species of endemic plant is endangered on these islands, an understory tree known as marmulan (Sideroxylon mermulana).

    Cape Verde Islands dry forests 2008

  • Only those species with long-lived sclerophyllous leaves (e.g. Sideroxylon, Euclea, Cassine, Diospyros) have penetrated the region, and of these, only a few are endemics.

    Albany thickets 2008

  • Dominant species include red birch (Bursera simaruba), Swietenia mahagoni, Picrodendron baccatum, Sideroxylon salicifolium, Calyptranthes pallens, and Chionanthus caymanensis.

    Cayman Islands xeric scrub 2007

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