American tropics have trees {balsa} with light soft wood {corkwood}.
Tropical pea trees {brazilwood} can have red wood.
Tropical trees {mahogany} can make reddish hard wood.
Small trees {mangrove} can grow on coasts {mangal} in shallow water.
Mulberry-family trees {rubber plant, tree} can be from Asia and North Africa.
Southeast Asian trees {sandalwood} can make sweet smelling wood.
Spurge trees {teak} {African teak} {African oak} (Verbenaceae) can make heavy wood.
palms {areca palm}.
palms {assai palm}.
Smooth-barked tropical trees {coconut palm} can grow 20 to 30 meters high, have one trunk, have ring scars where leaves fell off, and have large drupes.
Palm trees {date palm} {palm tree} can have bark covered with leaf sheaths, grow 20 to 30 meters high, have one trunk, and have date clusters.
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