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number of evergreen trees are found in mixture, such as 

 Mimusops hexandra (Fig. 5), M. Elengi, Ebony, several 

 species of Memecylon, Pleurostylia Wightii, Nephelium, 

 Sapindus, etc. 



Fig. 5. Moist zone evergreen forest in Ceylon ; Mimusops hexandra in foreground. 



In Africa the character of the forest within this zone 

 varies a great deal. On the central African plateau the 

 undulations of the ground are often very scantily 

 covered, or there may be large stretches of somewhat 



