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Phu Soidao National Park
Phu Soi Dao National Park (, ) named after high Phu Soi Dao mountain, is a protected area at the southern end of the Luang Prabang Range in the Thai/Lao border area, on the Thai side of the range. It is located in Ban Khok District, Ban Khok and Nam Pat District, Nam Pat Districts of Uttaradit Province and Chat Trakan District of Phitsanulok Province. The park was established as Thailand's 109th national park in 2008. Topography The park is bordered by Laos PDR for a length of about to the east and is up to wide at its widest point and is abutting Phu Miang-Phu Thong Wildlife Sanctuary to the southwest and neighbouring Nam Pat Wildlife Sanctuary to the west. Landscape is mostly covered by mountains and forests (85%) and some small plains (15%), the height ranges from to . Phu Soi Dao summit is with the List of mountains in Thailand, fifth highest in Thailand. There are mixed deciduous forest, dry dipterocarp forest, hill evergreen forest and conifer forest. Several rivers hav ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Afzelia Xylocarpa
''Afzelia xylocarpa'' is a species of tree in the family ''Fabaceae''. It is from Southeast Asia and grows in Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos and Burma in deciduous forests. It can reach 30 metres tall with a trunk up to 2 metres in diameter in a mature specimen. Uses The seeds are harvested for medicinal purposes. The seed pulp can be used to make cigarettes, and the bark and seed are used for herbal medicine. The highly figured lumber is often sold as Afzelia Xylay. The wood is used for ornamental woodturning, pens, knife handles, carvings, and musical instruments. In Cambodia, ''A. xylocarpa'' (locally known as Beng) are planted as shading trees due to its wide-ranging branches. At roadsides and waterways the tree provides a good windbarrier and protection from water-driven soil erosion. Names The tree has different local names: * Khmer: បេង * Laotian: ຄ່າ * Mandarin Chinese: 缅茄 (pinyin: ''miǎnqié'') * , , * Vietnamese Vietnamese may refer to: * S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pterocarpus Macrocarpus
''Pterocarpus macrocarpus'', or Burma padauk, is a species of tree in the family ''Fabaceae''. It is native to the seasonal tropical forests of southeastern Asia: in Myanmar, Laos, Cambodia, Thailand, and Vietnam. It has been naturalized in India and the Caribbean. Description ''Pterocarpus macrocarpus'' is a medium-sized tree growing to 10–30 m (rarely to 39 m) tall, with a trunk up to 1.7 m diameter; it is deciduous in the dry season. The bark is flaky, grey-brown; if cut, it secretes a red gum. The leaves are 200–350 mm long, pinnate, with 9–11 leaflets. The flowers are yellow, produced in racemes 50–90 mm long. The fruit is a pod surrounded by a round wing 45–70 mm diameter, containing two or three seeds. The wood is durable and resistant to termites; it is important, used for furniture, construction timber, cart wheels, tool handles, and posts; though not a true rosewood it is sometimes traded as such. The seasonal padauk flowers bloom annually ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pinus Kesiya
''Pinus kesiya'' (Khasi pine, Benguet pine or three-needled pine) is one of the most widely distributed pines in Asia. Its range extends south and east from the Khasi Hills in the northeast Indian state of Meghalaya, to northern Thailand, Philippines, Burma, Cambodia, Laos, southernmost China, and Vietnam. It is an important plantation species elsewhere in the world, including in southern Africa and South America. The common name "Khasi pine" is from the Khasi hills in India, and "Benguet pine" is from the landlocked province of Benguet in Luzon, Philippines, where it is the dominant species of the Luzon tropical pine forests (known as ''saleng'' in Ilocano). The Benguet pine is sometimes treated as a separate species, ''Pinus insularis''; however, the current opinion is to treat these as conspecific with ''P. kesiya''. The city of Baguio is nicknamed "The City of Pines", as it is noted for large stands of this tree. Description ''Pinus kesiya'' is a tree reaching up to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phyllanthus Emblica
''Phyllanthus emblica'', also known as emblic, emblic myrobalan, myrobalan, nelikai, Indian gooseberry, Malacca tree, amloki or amla, is a deciduous tree of the family Phyllanthaceae. Its native range is tropical and southern Asia. Description The tree is small to medium in size, reaching in height. The bark is mottled. The branchlets are finely pubescent (not glabrous), long, usually deciduous. The leaves are simple, subsessile and closely set along branchlets, light green, resembling pinnate leaves. The flowers are greenish–yellow. The fruit is nearly spherical, light greenish–yellow, quite smooth and hard on appearance, with six vertical stripes or furrows. The fruit is up to in diameter, and, while the fruit of wild plants weigh approximately , cultivated fruits average to . Chemical constituents The fruits contain high amounts of ascorbic acid (vitamin C), and have a bitter taste that may derive from a high density of ellagitannins, such as emblicanin A (3 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Magnolia Champaca
''Magnolia champaca'', known in English as champak (), is a large evergreen tree in the family Magnoliaceae. It was previously classified as ''Michelia champaca''. It is known for its fragrant flowers, and its timber used in woodworking. Etymology The species epithet, ''champaca'', comes from the Sanskrit word "चम्पक" (). Vernacular names Other vernacular names in English include joy perfume tree, Pacific Horticulture Society: "Striving for Diversity: Fragrant Champaca" . accessed 7.12.2015 yellow jade orchid tree and fragrant Himalayan champaca. Distribution and habitat The tree is native to the |
Lannea Coromandelica
''Lannea coromandelica'', also known as the Indian ash tree, is a species of tree in the family Anacardiaceae that grows in South and Southeast Asia, ranging from Sri Lanka to Southern China. Known also as the Mohin tree (Hindi: मोहिन) it is used in plywoods for its excellent termite resistance properties. It commonly grows in exposed dry woodland environments, where the tree is up to 10 meters tall and crooked. In more humid environments it is a larger spreading tree that can become 20 meters tall. In Sri Lanka ''Lannea coromandelica'' often grows on rock outcrops or inselbergs.Katupotha, Jinadasa & Kodituwakku, Kusumsiri. (2015). Diversity of Vegetation Types of the Pidurangala Granitic Inselberg with Ancient Forest Monastery, Near Sigiriya, Sri Lanka: A Preliminary Study. Research Publication to Commemorate 125 years of service by the Department of Archaeology. Department of Archaeology. 157-167. In Nepal, commonly known as "''Jhingat''", it is grown in agroforestry a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lagerstroemia Calyculata
''Lagerstroemia calyculata'' is a species of flowering plant in the family ''Lythraceae''. It is known as the "Guava Crape Myrtle" (; ''tabaek''; Cambodian name: ); the name is derived from its very characteristic mottled flaky bark. It is found in Southeast Asia and Oceania. It is a medium-sized tree growing up to a height between . Like other species of the same genus, it is quite common as a decorative tree in the parks of Thailand owing to its beautiful bunches of pink flowers. Its wood has a low commercial value, which is why it thought to have maintained the forest structure in previously logged parts of Cat Tien National Park The cat (''Felis catus''), also referred to as the domestic cat or house cat, is a small domesticated carnivorous mammal. It is the only domesticated species of the family Felidae. Advances in archaeology and genetics have shown that the do ..., where it may constitute >25% of tree counts. References External links ''Lagerstroemia'' cal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hopea Odorata
''Hopea odorata'' is a species of tree in the plant family Dipterocarpaceae. It is found in Bangladesh, Cambodia, India, Laos, Malaysia, Singapore, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam. Description ''H. odorata'' is a large tree reaching up to in height with the base of the trunk reaching a diameter of . It grows in forests, preferably near rivers, at elevations to . In places such as West Bengal, the Andaman Islands and southern Vietnam it is often planted as a shade tree. Valued for its wood, which shows resistance to termites, it is a threatened species in its natural habitat. Traditions In Thailand, where it is known as ta-khian (), this tree is believed to be inhabited by a certain tree spirit known as Lady Ta-khian (), belonging to a type of ghosts related to trees known generically as '' Nang Mai'' (นางไม้). Gallery File:A leaf of Hopea odorata.jpg, A leaf of ''Hopea odorata'' File:Takian77.JPG, Lengths of brocade tied around the exposed roots of a Hopea odorata ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Garuga Pinnata
''Garuga pinnata'' is a deciduous tree species from the family Burseraceae. It occurs in Asia: from the Indian sub-continent, southern China and Indo-China; in Vietnam it may be called ''dầu heo''. No subspecies are listed in the Catalogue of Life. Description and ecology File:Garuga_pinnata_(Kakad)_in_Kinnarsani_WS,_AP_W_IMG_5726.jpg, Flowers File:Garuga_pinnata_(Kakad)_in_Kinnarsani_WS,_AP_W2_IMG_5733.jpg, Fruit File:Garuga_pinnata_(Kakad)_in_Kinnarsani_WS,_AP_W_IMG_5735.jpg, Bark Plant galls may occur on ''G. pinnata'' caused by '' Phacopteron lentiginosum'' (Psylloidea: Phacopteronidae), whose populations may be regulated by parasitoids In evolutionary ecology, a parasitoid is an organism that lives in close association with its host (biology), host at the host's expense, eventually resulting in the death of the host. Parasitoidism is one of six major evolutionarily stable str .... References Roxburgh W (1819) In: ''Hort. Bengal'' 33; ''Pl. Corom.'' iii. 5. t. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dipterocarpus Obtusifolius
''Dipterocarpus obtusifolius'' is a species of tree in the family Dipterocarpaceae found throughout Southeast Asia, including Andaman Islands, Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam.DY PHON Pauline, 2000, ''Plants Used In Cambodia'', self-published, printed by Imprimerie Olympic, Phnom Penh Phnom Penh is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns in Cambodia, most populous city of Cambodia. It has been the national capital since 1865 and has grown to become the nation's primate city and its political, economic, industr ... Four varieties have been described – ''D. o.'' var. ''cuspidatus'', ''D. o.'' var. ''subnudus'', ''D. o.'' var. ''glabricalyx'', and ''D. o.'' var. ''vestitus'' – but all are now considered to be synonyms. The variety ''D. o.'' var. ''subnudus'' differed by having completely hairless leaves and is found only in the south of Cambodia, Vietnam and Thailand. Trees are large, up to 30m tall, grow in dry dipterocarp forest, and the re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dillenia
''Dillenia'' is a genus of evergreen or semi-evergreen trees and shrubs in the flowering plant family Dilleniaceae, native to tropical and subtropical regions of southern Asia, Australasia, and the Indian Ocean islands. The genus is named after the German botanist Johann Jacob Dillenius. Structure The leaves are simple and spirally arranged. They are generally large, in the case of ''Dillenia reticulata'' reaching in length and about wide. The flowers are solitary, or in terminal racemes, with five sepals and five petals, numerous stamens (up to 900 in the case of ''Dillenia ovalifolia'', and a cluster of five to 20 carpels; they are superficially similar in appearance to ''Magnolia'' flowers. Species , Plants of the World Online recognises the following 60 species: *'' Dillenia alata'' *'' Dillenia albiflos'' *'' Dillenia andamanica'' *'' Dillenia aurea'' *'' Dillenia auriculata'' *'' Dillenia beccariana'' *'' Dillenia biflora'' *'' Dillenia blanchardii'' *'' Di ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
