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In zones not subject to periodic fires, the succession continues and a tropical forest thrives. * The Caribbean Pine ( Pinus caribaea hondurensis) is a hard pine native to Central America.

Mediterranean and Asia Minor. * Sun- and drought-tolerant. * This species grows up to 50 feet, and has yellow flowers.

It is fast-growing, but not very long-lived by pine standards (to 200 years), and prefers humid climates and moist soil. * Slash Pine is named after the "slashes" – swampy ground overgrown with trees and bushes – that constitute its habitat.

* It may be used as forage for livestock, a micronutrient liquid, a natural anthelmintic and possible adjuvant. * It is an exceptionally nutritious vegetable tree with a variety of potential uses.

* Cacabela thevetia is an evergreen tropical shrub or small tree. Its fruit is deep red-black in color encasing a large seed that bears some resemblance to a 'Chinese lucky nut.' They are covered in waxy coating to reduce water loss (typical of oleanders).

Mediterranean and Asia Minor. * Sun- and drought-tolerant. * This species grows up to 50 feet, and has yellow flowers.

It grows fast in spurts when water is abundant, and sometimes reaches more than 25 metres (82 ft) in height. * The flowers are creamy-whitish in the center and pink towards the tips of their five petals.

* Celtis australis is supposed to have been the Lotus of the ancients, whose fruit Herodotus, Dioscorides, and Theophrastus describe as sweet, pleasant, and wholesome. * The flexible thin shoots are used as walking sticks.

It is possibly native to Madagascar . * Another Australian native with green twigs and green scalelike leaves; does well in shoreline situations and poor soil; odd cones used in Christmas wreaths.

* It is native to south-east Queensland with two small disjunct populations in northern Queensland's World Heritage listed Wet Tropics. * The germinating seed produces an underground 'earth nut' which has a coconut-like flavour.

* The seed contains up to 45% of an edible oil, it is used mainly for margarines. * Butia capitata , also known as Pindo Palm or Jelly Palm , is a palm native to Brazil and Uruguay .

Soon a crown of terminal buds appears and the plant starts branching. It has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit. Descending along the trunk, they cling tightly to the trunk, integrate with it and contribute to its radial growth.

They can be found at an altitude of 0–1,850 metres (0–6,070 ft). * Hippocrepis emerus or the scorpion senna is a species of perennial plant belonging to the genus Hippocrepis in the Fabaceae family.

In the wild it is endangered , but it is widely cultivated elsewhere. In addition to its ornamental value, it is also a useful shade tree in tropical conditions, because it usually grows to a modest height but spreads widely, and its dense foliage provides...

* A vanillin flavouring is obtained as a by-product of other resins that are released from the pulpwood. * Pinus palustris , commonly known as the Longleaf Pine , is a pine native to the southeastern United States , found along the coastal plain from...

The plant produces pods containing yellow seeds with papery wings. The plant is desirable fodder when it grows in fields grazed by livestock . It is drought-tolerant and grows well in warm climates.

* Flowers to 5 inches, purple, borne in profusion. * A species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae ,native to South China (which includes Hong Kong ) and southeastern Asia * Common names include Hong Kong Orchid Tree, and Hawaiian orchid tree.

It is endemic to Australia, occurring in every mainland state except South Australia. * Mirbelia is a plant genus belonging to the Fabaceae family.

* American beautyberries produce large clusters of purple berries, which birds and deer eat, thus distributing the seeds. It is juicy, sweet, fleshy, slightly aromatic. * The fruit is edible raw.

The fruits look like flat, long and thin green beans. * The young pods are also eaten, along with the leaves. * It contain arginine, cysteine, histidine, isolcucine, phenylalanine, tryptophan, valine, threonine, alanine, aspargine, aspartic acid, oleanolic...

* The Mokala National Park in the Northern Cape is named after this tree. * Native to Tropical Africa.

* It is also a native of Western coastal Maharashtra - Konkan, and Goa in India. * Sapindus mukorrossi, known as the ritha or reetha tree in Nepal, is a deciduous tree that is grown in the lower foothills and midhills of the Himalayans, up to altitudes...

* The crown is conic when young, becoming broadly tabular with age with fairly level branches.The shoots are dimorphic, with long shoots and short shoots. The most prominent landscaping feature in London's historic Highgate Cemetery is its "Circle of...

The single species it contains, Spathodea campanulata, is commonly known as the African tuliptree, fountain tree, pichkari or Nandi flame. The wood of the tree is soft and is used for nesting by many hole-building birds such as barbets.

* The leaves are anodyne, astringent, diaphoretic, febrifuge (the var. They are applied internally in the treatment of fevers. * It is believed that D. * Dodonaea viscosa is a species of flowering plant in the soapberry family, Sapindaceae, that has a...

* Often has drooping branchlets; foliage green; half-inch cones; native to Mexico and Central America. * Cupressus lusitanica , ( Cedro Blanco ; Teotlate , distinctive names used in Mexico); Cedro Blanco means White Cedar and is also known as Mexican...

* The saguaro (Carnegiea gigantea) is an arborescent (tree-like) cactus species in the monotypic genus Carnegiea, which can grow to be over 70 feet (21 m) tall. Each fruit contains around 2,000 seeds plus sweet fleshy connective tissue.