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Trobriand Islands Rain Forests
The Trobriand Islands rain forests are a tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical moist broadleaf forest ecoregion of southeastern Papua New Guinea.World Wildlife Fund.org: The Trobriand Islands rain forests (ID Code: AA0125) webpage article originally from "Terrestrial ecoregions of the Indo-Pacific: a conservation assessment"; Island Press . accessed 3.17.2017. The islands of this ecoregion have been separated from mainland New Guinea since the Late Pleistocene, and much of the biota is unique, including four mammal species and two birds-of-paradise plant species. The ecoregion covers . Geography The ecoregion includes several island gr ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fergusson Island
Fergusson Island is the largest island of the D'Entrecasteaux Islands, in Papua New Guinea. It has an area of , and mostly consists of mountainous regions, covered by rain forests. There are three large volcanoes on the island. Fergusson Island is situated 3 km across the Dawson Strait from Normanby Island and 4 km from Goodenough Island across Moresby Strait. The highest peak at 6,801 feet (2,073 metres) near Wadalei in the north-east of Fergusson Island is an extinct volcano. Seymour Bay is located on the west coast, Sebutuia Bay on the east, and Hughes Bay on the north. The principal settlements, Salamo and Mapamoiwa, are on the southern coast. Gold deposits at Wapolu on the north coast were worked briefly in the mid-1990s. The island was named by Captain John Moresby after Sir James Fergusson, who was Governor-General of New Zealand from 1873 to 1874. On June 30, 1942, during World War II, a United States Navy PT-Boat base was established on the island. An Ala ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dracontomelon
''Dracontomelon'' (Vietnamese: ''chi sấu''Phạm Hoàng Hộ (2003) ''Cây Cỏ Việt Nam: an Illustrated Flora of Vietnam'' vol. II publ. Nhà Xuẩt Bản Trẻ, HCMC, VN.) is a genus of flowering plants in the family Anacardiaceae, growing mostly in SE Asia and the Pacific islands. The fruit may be used in local cuisine, especially as souring agents. Species *'' Dracontomelon costatum'' Blume - Borneo, Sumatra *''Dracontomelon dao'' Merr. & Rolfe (many synonyms) - SE Asia to Solomon Islands *'' Dracontomelon duperreanum'' Pierre (syn. ''D. sinense'') - southern China & Vietnam *'' Dracontomelon laoticum'' C.M.Evrard & Tardieu *'' Dracontomelon lenticulatum'' Wilkinson - New Guinea *'' Dracontomelon macrocarpum'' Li - China (Yunnan) *'' Dracontomelon petelotii'' Tardieu - northern Vietnam *'' Dracontomelon schmidii'' Tardieu - Vietnam *'' Dracontomelon vitiense'' Engl. - Vanuatu, Fiji, Tonga, Western Samoa (Upolu) Reclassified Species The following are known synonyms: ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Terminalia Catappa
''Terminalia catappa'' is a large tropical tree in the leadwood tree family, Combretaceae, native to Asia, Australia, the Pacific, Madagascar and Seychelles. Common names in English include country almond, Indian almond, Malabar almond, sea almond, tropical almond, beach almond and false kamani. Description The tree grows to tall, with an upright, symmetrical crown and horizontal branches. The fruit are corky and light, and dispersed by water. As the tree gets older, its crown becomes more flattened to form a spreading, vase shape. Its branches are distinctively arranged in tiers. The leaves are large, long and broad, ovoid, glossy dark green, and leathery. They are dry-season deciduous; before falling, they turn pinkish-reddish or yellow-brown, due to pigments such as violaxanthin, lutein, and zeaxanthin. The trees are monoecious, with distinct male and female flowers on the same tree. Both are in diameter, white to greenish, inconspicuous with no petals; they are produced ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pometia Pinnata
''Pometia pinnata'' is a large tropical hardwood and fruit tree species, with common names including matoa, taun tree, island lychee, tava, Pacific lychee of the plant family Sapindaceae. Naturally widespread, the trees are native to tropical South Asia, Southeast Asia, and Melanesia. It was transported during the Austronesian expansion to Polynesia during prehistoric times, evident by cognates of local names used on islands ranging from Sulawesi to Niue. Description ''Pometia pinnata'' grows into medium tree of tall. It has pinnate leaves. The fruits are green, yellow, or dark red up to long, each with one seed surrounded by a fleshy aril. This popular fruit is slightly larger than a longan ''Dimocarpus longan'', commonly known as the longan () and dragon's eye, is a tropical tree species that produces edible fruit. It is one of the better-known tropical members of the soapberry family Sapindaceae, to which the lychee and rambut ..., but its flesh is less watery and it ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Octomeles Sumatrana
''Octomeles'' is a monotypic genus of plant in family Tetramelaceae. The sole species is ''Octomeles sumatrana'', sometimes written ''O. sumatranum''. ''Octomeles sumatrana'', commonly called Benuang, or Ilimo, is found in Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, the Philippines, and the Solomon Islands. It and ''Tetrameles nudiflora'' are the only two species in the family Tetramelaceae. They were previously classified in the Datiscaceae but found genetically to not form a natural clade with the other members of that family. The tree is dioecious and large: reaching up to 75 m (250 feet) in height and up to thirteen feet (four meters) in diameter above the buttresses. A pioneer species Pioneer species are hardy species that are the first to colonize barren environments or previously biodiverse steady-state ecosystems that have been disrupted, such as by wildfire. Pioneer flora Some lichens grow on rocks without soil, so m ..., it regenerates quickly in distur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Intsia Bijuga
''Intsia bijuga'', commonly known as Borneo teak, Johnstone River teak, Kwila, Moluccan ironwood, Pacific teak, scrub mahogany and vesi, is a species of flowering tree in the family Fabaceae, native to the Indo-Pacific. It ranges from Tanzania and Madagascar east through India and Queensland, Australia, Papua New Guinea to the Pacific islands of Fiji and Samoa.It grows to around 50 metres (160 feet) tall with a highly buttressed trunk. It inhabits mangrove forests. ''Intsia bijuga'' differ from ''Intsia palembanica'' in the number of leaflets that make up their compound leaves. The tree has a variety of common names including ipil and kwila. Uses The bark and leaves of the ipil are used in traditional medicines. The tree's timber, called ''kwila'', is a very durable and termite-resistant wood, making it a highly valued material for flooring and other uses. The wood can also be used to extract a dye. The tree can contain a "gold" fleck that runs through the grain, considered to be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dracontomelon Dao
''Dracontomelon dao'', the Argus pheasant-tree, is a tree in the family Anacardiaceae, native to tropical Asia. Description ''Dracontomelon dao'' grows as a tropical canopy tree distinguished mostly by its height (reaching up to about ), for its greyish-brown trunk which is branchless up to about , and for its narrow buttresses which can reach up its trunk up to high. The species name is taken from the tree's name in Filipino. Distribution and habitat ''Dracontomelon dao'' is found in the tropical forests of: peninsular Malaysia, Borneo, Sumatra, the Philippines, Java, the Lesser Sunda Islands, Sulawesi, the Maluku Islands, New Guinea, Solomon Islands, the south Andaman Islands, the Nicobar Islands, eastern India, Myanmar, Cambodia, Laos, Thailand and Vietnam. The species also occurs in southern China and Fiji. Uses Medicinal uses A decoction from the stem of the Lamyo is drunk by the Ayta people of Bataan as a treatment for wound infections. Use in decoration The seed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canarium Vitiense
''Canarium vitiense'' is a rainforest tree species, of the plant family Burseraceae, growing naturally in Fiji, the Solomon Islands, Samoa, Tonga, New Guinea, Bismarck Archipelago, Admiralty Islands, Louisiade Archipelago, Torres Strait Islands and in lowland north-eastern Queensland, Australia. In New Guinea, they are recorded as growing widely in rainforests up about altitude. In the Torres Strait Islands (Australia), likewise they are recorded as growing up about altitude. In the Australian mainland north-eastern Queensland regions of the Wet Tropics, Cape York Peninsula and just to their east the continent's offshore islands, they are recorded as growing naturally widespread, from about Ingham–Hinchinbrook Island northwards, in remaining well developed lowland tropical rainforests, below ca. altitude. Full grown trees may reach up to tall. Formal description of some trees found in Fiji, using this species name, was published in 1854 by botanist Asa Gray Asa Gr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alstonia Rubiginosa
''Alstonia rubiginosa'' is a species of plant in the family Apocynaceae. It is endemic to Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea (abbreviated PNG; , ; tpi, Papua Niugini; ho, Papua Niu Gini), officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea ( tpi, Independen Stet bilong Papua Niugini; ho, Independen Stet bilong Papua Niu Gini), is a country i .... References rubiginosa Endemic flora of Papua New Guinea Trees of Papua New Guinea Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{Apocynaceae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alstonia Breviloba
''Alstonia breviloba'' is a species of plant in the family Apocynaceae. It is endemic to Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea (abbreviated PNG; , ; tpi, Papua Niugini; ho, Papua Niu Gini), officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea ( tpi, Independen Stet bilong Papua Niugini; ho, Independen Stet bilong Papua Niu Gini), is a country i .... References breviloba Endemic flora of Papua New Guinea Trees of Papua New Guinea Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{Apocynaceae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Terminalia (plant)
''Terminalia'' is a genus of large trees of the flowering plant family Combretaceae, comprising nearly 300 species distributed in tropical regions of the world. The genus name derives from the Latin word ''terminus'', referring to the fact that the leaves appear at the very tips of the shoots. Selected species There are 282 accepted ''Terminalia'' species as of April 2021 according to Plants of the World Online. Selected species include: *'' Terminalia acuminata'' (Fr. Allem.) Eichl. *'' Terminalia albida'' Scott-Elliot *''Terminalia amazonia'' (J.F.Gmel.) Exell – white olive *''Terminalia arbuscula'' Sw. *''Terminalia archipelagi'' Coode *''Terminalia arjuna'' (Roxb. ex DC.) Wight & Arn. – arjuna, koha, white marudah *''Terminalia arostrata'' Ewart & O.B.Davies – crocodile tree *'' Terminalia australis'' Cambess – palo amarillo, tanimbú *''Terminalia avicennioides'' *''Terminalia bellirica'' (Gaertn.) Roxb. – beleric *''Terminalia bialata ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ficus
''Ficus'' ( or ) is a genus of about 850 species of woody trees, shrubs, vines, epiphytes and hemiepiphytes in the family Moraceae. Collectively known as fig trees or figs, they are native throughout the tropics with a few species extending into the semi-warm temperate zone. The common fig (''F. carica'') is a temperate species native to southwest Asia and the Mediterranean region (from Afghanistan to Portugal), which has been widely cultivated from ancient times for its fruit, also referred to as figs. The fruit of most other species are also edible though they are usually of only local economic importance or eaten as bushfood. However, they are extremely important food resources for wildlife. Figs are also of considerable cultural importance throughout the tropics, both as objects of worship and for their many practical uses. Description ''Ficus'' is a pantropical genus of trees, shrubs, and vines occupying a wide variety of ecological niches; most are evergreen, bu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
