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The Lowland Equatorial Monsoon Ecozone
| Afzelia africana | |
| Alstonia boonei | |
| Amphimas pterocarpoides | |
| Celtis zenkeri | |
| Chlorophora excelsa | ('Iroko') |
| Combretodendron africana | |
| Cyclicodiscus gabunensis | |
| Distemonathus benthamianus | ('African Satin Wood') |
| Drypetes gossweileri | |
| Diospyros mespiliformis | |
| Entandophragma macrophylum | ('Mahogany') |
| Futuma elastica | (an early source of rubbber) |
| Hypodaphnis zenkeri | |
| Khaya grandifolia | (also 'Mahogany') |
| Lovoa trichiliodes | ('African Walnut') |
| Mimusops djave | |
| Myrianthus arborus | |
| Parkia bicolor | |
| Pterocarpus soyauxii | ('Camwood') |
| Pterygota macrocarpa | |
| Pycnanthus angolensis | ('African Nutmeg') |
| Spathodea campanulata | |
| Sterculia oblonga | |
| Triplochiton scleroxylon | 'Whitewood') |
| Zanthoxylum zanthoxyloides | ('Fagara') |
Other trees that may have been found in the Ogoni Forest, but are more associated with the lowland tropical rainforests on the West side of the Niger, are:—
| Entandrophragma angolensis | ('Mahogany') |
| Entandrophragma utile | ('Mahogany') |
| Guara cedrata | |
| Guara thomsonii | |
| Khaya ivorensis | ('Mahogany') |
| Strombosia postulata |
This list only covers 38 of the seventy or more tree species that would naturally have been present. Furthermore, these seventy tree species would have been associated with hundreds of other plant species, including palms, bamboo (in the wetter sub-ecozones), ferns, micro-epiphytes (mosses, algae, liverworts and lichens), macro-epiphytes (such as orchid, ferns and ficuses), climbers (such as the rattans), and many herb species (begonia, sedges, the ginger family).
How old are rainforest trees?
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