FAO Forestry country profiles - natural woody vegetation
Broadleaved forests
Mangrove Forests
Mangroves occur in shallow parts of lagoons and are dominated by Rhizophora mucronata, Bruguiera gymnorrhiza, Sonneratia alba and Lumnitzera littorea.
Inland Forest
Closed forests of Pisonia grandis, Hernandia nymphaeifolia, and Neisosperma oppositifolia are present in wetter sites and in drier sites on larger islands dominated by Calophyllum inophyllum.
nulllast updated: Monday, January 12, 2004
