Explanation
Mangrove forests are found mainly in Sunderbans in West Bengal and in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. Sundari is a well-known species of trees in mangrove forests after which Sunderbans have been named.
Animals in Northeast Asia:
Cinchona is a genus of flowering plant mostly used as medicinal plant because of the quinones present in it. These are found in the areas where the rainfall is above 100 cm. They are native to the tropical Andean forests of western South America.
Some of the commercially important trees of tropical rain forests are ebony, mahogany, rosewood, rubber and cinchona.
Tropical rainforests are the forests consisting of evergreen trees with green foliage throughout year. They constitute 6 to 7% of earth’s land surface. Such forest give shelter to 50% of world’s species.
Stems are succulent and leaves are mostly thick. This means that the vegetation is found in the area of Tropical thorn forests and scrubs. This is an adaptation which turn leaves thick and succulent to prevent water loss from transpiration.
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