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Plants of the Tropical Rain Forest
By: Orion Kendra
COFFEE
•The coffee tree is a shrub with a
straight trunk, which can survive for
about 50 to 70 years.
•The flowers are white with 5 or 6
petals.
•Coffee plants grow naturally under
the shade of tall trees.
•When grown in the tropics, coffee is a
bush or small tree that usually grows
to a height of 10–12 feet.
•Most commonly cultivated coffee
species grow best at high places, but
will die in freezing temperatures.
Banana tree
•After a year they reach a height of 1020 feet tall.
•Bananas are mostly in the tropical
places of India, Southeast Asia and
northern Australia.
•Banana plants grow in the humid,
tropical regions of Central and South
America, Africa, and Southeast Asia
where there are high temperatures
and rainfall.
•Because banana plants are
approximately 93 percent water, even
moderate winds can knock them
down.
Umbrella Tree
•The Umbrella tree usually grows as a
climber on other trees in the
rainforest, monsoon forest and
sometimes woodlands of tropical
Australia and New Guinea.
•The Umbrella Tree is commonly
grown in mild to warm climates.
•When mature, it has bright red spikes
of flowers with up to 20 racemes
which develop in summer or early
autumn.
•The Umbrella needs to have Sun to
Partial Shade to grow.
Orchids
•Orchids grow on rocks, in the soil,
underground and on other plants and
trees, relying on certain insects or
birds for pollination.
•Orchids are extremely adaptable, and
grow in almost all climates except for
frigid and arid extremes.
•Because most orchids depend on a
single species of bird, bee or other
insect for pollination, if that species is
eliminated, the orchid that depends on
that species becomes threatened by
extinction.
Açaí Palm
•The açaí palm can be found
throughout much of Central America
and northern South America.
• It takes 4 – 5 years before it begins to
produce fruit.
•It can grow up to 100 feet tall.
•It spreads its seeds by having birds
eat the seeds then pooping them out.
•It likes shade.
Brazil Nut Tree
•The Brazil nut tree is mostly found in
the Amazon rainforest of Brazil.
•Brazil nut trees are sensitive to where
they are, and only seem to produce
fruit in a undisturbed forest.
•The tree grows best in non-flooding
areas of the moist lowland rainforest
•They grow in sunny areas.
Sapodilla
•Some Bats eat these plants and poop
their seeds out which grows a new
tree.
•The sapodilla tree is native to
southern Mexico, Belize and
northeastern Guatemala.
•The Sapodilla Tree can grow to the
height of 100 feet.
•It cannot survive freezing
temperatures.
•Best grown in full sun.
•It is quite resistant to strong winds.
The tree is highly drought-resistant
and quite a degree of soil salinity [ECE
14.20].
Poinsettia
•The poinsettia is found in Central
America in temperate climates.
•In the wild it can grow up to 15 feet
tall.
•This plant needs shade and blooms
during short days.
•It needs low to moderate rainfall
•The plant contains esters, which is an
irritant.
•The flower color attracts pollinators.
Bromeliad
•The bromeliad has ability to absorb
nutrients from air.
•It has bucket like leaves to catch
rainfall.
•Leaves fall into the bucket then
decompose making food for bugs.
•Some grow on trees.
•They are sometimes called air plants.
Kapok Tree
•The Kapok tree can reach up to 200
feet tall.
•It sheds leaves and seeds. The seeds
get caught by the wind and scatter.
•The tree emits a odor that can attract
bats to pollinate the tree.
•The tree is home to many frogs, birds,
bugs, and bats.
•It needs sunlight to grow.
References
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http://www.Biomweb.uwlax.edu
http://www.rainforest-alliance.org
https://www.wikipedia.org
http://www.ecorazzi.com/2012/02/08/tenamazing-rainforest-plants/
• All other references can be found on my
web page.