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  • Primary lowland forest of the Gunung Honje region includes Pterospermum javanicum, Dipterocarpus gracilis, Intsia bijuga, Lagerstroemia speciosa, Ficus spp. and Eugenia spp.

    Ujung Kulon National Park and Krakatau Nature Reserve, Indonesia 2009

  • Common tree species include Pterocymbium tinctorium, Pterospermum diversifolium, Hymenodictyon spp., and Garuga floribunda.

    Palawan rain forests 2008

  • At higher altitudes, there are shola-type forests characterized by Phoenix robusta, Pterospermum acerifolium, and Clematis nutans.

    Chhota-Nagpur dry deciduous forests 2008

  • Little forest remains below 500 m in Bali, so the natural forest composition is somewhat unclear, but trees commonly found in the remnants of Bali's lowland rain forests include Dipterocarpus hasseltii, Planchonia valida, Palaquium javense, Duabanga moluccana, Meliosma ferruginosa, Pterospermum javanicum, and Tabernaemontana.

    Eastern Java-Bali rain forests 2008

  • Drypetes sepiaria, and Chukrasia tabularis, with the scrub and regenerating forests characterized by Bauhinia racemosa, Pterospermum suberifolium, Cassia fistula, and Dichrostachys cineria.

    Sri Lanka dry-zone dry evergreen forests 2008

  • Forests growing on patches of limestone are distinctive and are dominated by Tetrameles nudiflora, Antiaris toxicaria, Celtis cinnamomifolia, C. wightii, Cleistanthus sumatranus, Garuga floribunda, Pterospermum menglunense, Ulmus lanceaefolia, and Xantolis stenopetala.

    Northern Indochina subtropical forests 2007

  • Three of the most common are the nutmeg (Myristica cagayanensis), the commercially valuable timber species, Pterospermum niveum, and the wild jackfruit (Artocarpus lanceolatus).

    South Taiwan monsoon rain forests 2007

  • A tree with the habit of Pterospermum occurs on Thuma - thaya, low down Habenaria uniflora on rocks in the Dirsoo Panee, or river; Kydia occurs about Yen, but not higher.

    Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries William Griffith

  • A short-stemmed palm (_Phoenix_) was tolerably abundant, and a small tree (_Pterospermum_) on which a species of grass grew epiphytically; forming a curious feature in the landscape.

    Himalayan Journals — Complete 1864

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