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Sources: Common Trees of India, Pippa Mukherjee, World Wildlife Fund India/ Oxford University Press 1983, Flowering Trees and Shrubs in India, D.V. Cowen
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References
- ↑ Gardner, Simon; Sidisunthorn, Pindar & Anusarnsunthorn, Vilaiwan (2007). A Field Guide to Forest Trees of Northern Thailand. Bangkok: Kobfai Publishing Project. ISBN 978-974-8367-29-3
- ↑ "Northern Thailand-Laos moist deciduous forests". Terrestrial Ecoregions. World Wildlife Fund.
- ↑ "Central Indochina dry forests". Terrestrial Ecoregions. World Wildlife Fund.
- ↑ "Kayah-Karen montane rain forests". Terrestrial Ecoregions. World Wildlife Fund.
