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| Image number: | 914 |
| Feature : | Pterocarpus soyauxii Taub |
| Grouping : | forests and trees |
| Discipline : | botany |
| Year : | 1978 |
| Locality : | Kisangani |
| Country : | D.R.Congo |
| Region - tribe : | Cuvette |
| Physiographic region : | tropical belt |
| Notice : | Forêt dense pluviale de plaine. 7 concessionnaires officiels disposent de 58.320km2, soit le Rwanda et le Burundi réunis. Le taux annuel de déforestation est de 0,4%. Trees in the tropical rain forest typically have lateral extensions at the base of the trunc, buttresses. |
| Reference : | Habiyaremye, François, 1978 Image 914. In : Moeyersons, Jan : "African Geographic Pictures", http://www.africamuseum.be/en/research/collections_libraries/earth_sciences/collections/geopic" |