Smaller-scale and more isolated forests are also subject to the effects of climate and climate change, with drought putting survival at risk, as discussed by Yan Jiang, Liming Zhou et al. for the Congo rainforest in a paper in this issue, along with other factors that may be detrimental ...
and a cylindrical and straight short-buttressed bole. The plant normally grows between 20 to 50 m tall with straight trunk which has a diameter of about 2.7 m. The plant is found growing in humid secondary forest, clearings in rainforest, fringing, secondary and deciduous ...
Xylopia aethiopica popularly known as Grains of Selim is an evergreen, aromatic tree belonging to Annonaceae (Custard-apple family). The plant is native to lowland rainforest and moist fringe forest in the savanna zones of Africa, but largely found in West, Central and Southern Africa, particu...