Definitions
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- proper noun A small genus of evergreen tropical shrubs or trees with smooth leathery leaves.
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- noun small genus of evergreen tropical shrubs or trees with smooth leathery leaves
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Examples
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Guarea cedrata, and Lovoa trichilioides in the Meliaceae, and Baillonella toxisperma (V) in the Sapotaceae, as well as Afrostyrax lepidophyllus, Anopyxis klaineana, Terminalia superba (V), kapok Ceiba pentandra, Nauclea diderrichii (V), and Canarium schweinfurthii.
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Other inundated forests include Timonius, Dillenia, and Nauclea.
Northern New Guinea lowland rain and freshwater swamp forests 2008
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Canopy trees of the swamp forest include Campnosperma brevipetiolata, C. auriculata, Terminalia canaliculata, Nauclea coadunata, and Syzygium spp., with Myristica hollrungii in delta areas.
Northern New Guinea lowland rain and freshwater swamp forests 2008
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In ravines and gallery forests species indicative of a south Guinean climate are present, with lianes very abundant, and species such as Raphia sudanica, Baissea multiflora, Nauclea latifolia, Dalbergia saxatilis, and Landolphia dulcis.
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Canopy trees of the swamp forest include Campnosperma brevipetiolata, C. auriculata, Terminalia canaliculata, Nauclea coadunata, and Syzygium spp., with Myristica hollrungii in delta areas.
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The dominant tree species are Nauclea diderrichii, Khaya ivorensis, Erythrophleum ivorense, Klainedoxa gabunensis, Brachystegia eurycoma, and Terminalia superba.
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As we approached a lower level, the same plants continued: a Dillenia very common, Urena lobata, Hedera terebenthacea: the root is in some cases like figs, Spathodea, Nauclea, Sterculia carnosa, foliis palmatis,
Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries William Griffith
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There is something peculiar in the appearance of the trees of the plains, especially of the Nauclea; they look scraggy.
Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries William Griffith
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Camein bears from this about S.S.E. The country traversed was the same, generally comparatively open, that is to say, grassy plains with Rhamnea, Nauclea, Bombax, etc.
Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries William Griffith
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Nauclea; Bombax, Wendlandiae sp., a Rhamnea, Phyllanthus, and Bignonia cordifolia occur; the Nauclea giving a character to the scenery.
Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries William Griffith
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