In tropical rain forests that
are as green biomes of the world for more than two-thirds of the world's plant
species. The warm, moist environment in which to grow these forests is
responsible for a large variation in plants. Can you imagine how densely packed
the trees in the rainforest? It is said that rain falling on the roof can be as
long as 10 minutes to reach the ground! And you know that one has 4 ingredients
in our medicine originated in the rainforests?
The Amazon jungle is the
world's largest rain forest. All forests are located mainly around the equator.
They are so dense that, due to competition for light and food on the ground,
strange plants that live on the branches of other plants that have evolved or
even plants that kill the big trees are struggling to survive have been
observed in these forests. It is impossible to contain the list of plants in
the rainforest in this article. Forests are billions of species of plants,
because they are very old. Some tropical forests are nearly 100 million years,
which means that dinosaurs probably lived in them! The South American rain
forests are home to over 2,000 different species of butterflies, while the
central African tropical forests have over 8000 different plant species. Birds
like the bats for pollination of many plants in the rainforest, such as bananas
and mangos are essential. Forests are connected by vines and ferns grow on
trees and mosses.
Carnivorous plants: plants,
the nutrients are derived from animal material, such as carnivorous plants
known. Venus flytrap pitcher plant Nepenthes rafflesiana and Southeast Asia are the best examples of carnivorous plants. Nepenthes
rafflesiana grows as high as 30 feet and pitchers of about 12 centimeters long,
it attracts a cavity with either nectar or terrible smell, the insects and they
are always filled with insects fully digested! The largest flower in the world
is seen on the trees, the Rafflesia, which grows in the rainforests of Indonesia. The most amazing fact about pitcher plants is that
they also eat small mammals and reptiles, the insects from the pitcher tried to
steal.
Choke plants: Stranglers come
primarily from the family of the figure. They are also known as killer trees.
"The seed begins as an epiphyte, growing up in the trees. Epiphytes are
trees that draw moisture and nutrients from the air and rain and usually grow
on another plant. But they are not parasitic on them. The list includes
epiphytic orchids , philodendron, ferns and bromeliads. Air plants are
so-called "aerial roots" and the air is the source of food for them.
poison ivy vines have to eat many small aerial roots. The seeds of this plant
are borne performed and of birds and monkeys from the fruit of the fig.
seedlings develop long roots into the ground and start around the host tree.
They grow quickly and eventually stifle growth by the host, causing his death.
the host tree leaves a huge vertical reactor, the has a hollow core. This is
the best example of how the plants to make their own to survive in the
environment-specific data. The strangler fig uses a sturdy tree as its host, so
there are not enough for light and nutrients in ground fighting.
Liana: Ninety percent of the
species of vine in the world are found in tropical forests. Lianas are vines
that are present in these forests. The thick, woody stems of lianas are of
different lengths (up to 3000 m) and shapes. They need sunlight to survive and
therefore they rise to light after the beginning of life on the forest floor.
To hang on trees for support. They bind to trees with root suckers or tendrils.
They climb, how they grow by adding them to the tree trunk support. To jump to
other trees, or start twining around other lianas, after arriving at the top of
the canopy of the rainforest. In this way they create a network of vines, the
shallow roots, the tree top-heavy, provides very strong support. This helps
them to survive against strong winds. Rattan palms, philodendron and Strychnos
toxifera are some examples of the vine. Deadly poison strychnine is obtained
from Strychnos toxifera. Rattan in Asia have thorny stems
and they grow as large as 650 feet (200 m). Baskets, ropes and wicker furniture
is made of them.
Plants with roots or stilts
Prop: mangroves grow in wet, muddy ground at the waterfront. You need a good
support, because there is always the danger of flooding tides. They develop
several aerial pitchfork appendages that grow from the trunk down. Using this
prop roots, they are anchored in the sediment trapping soil and acquire the
necessary stability.
Buttress root crops: rain
forest trees have shallow roots, the soil of nutrients to the left on the
surface. Therefore, the roots of large trees buttresses for the additional
support needed to develop. These roots grow from the trunk, sometimes take up
to 15 meters above the ground, which also allows more nutrients from the soil
and covers a larger area.
• Trumpet Tree Cecropia
peltata and is widely used in traditional medicine in Central and South America used. Each part of the tree is useful. The plant is
useful in the treatment of various diseases, including respiratory diseases and
rheumatism.
• Mirabilis Jalapa Clavillia
or a perennial plant that is mainly used to kill viruses, bacteria, fungi and
parasites. This plant has many active ingredients such as triterpenes,
proteins, flavonoids, alkaloids, steroids and.
• curare or Chondrodendron
tomentosum is helping a large wine-rich toxic alkaloids, increased muscle
relaxation. The alkaloids are used as arrow poison. It is used as an anesthetic
and to treat fever, bruising, swelling and kidney stones.
• Suma or Pfaffia paniculata
is a large vine that spreads on the floor, with an extensive root system. It is
a tonic and adaptogen to resist the body, the negative influences of various
factors considered to help. Suma root is recommended as an aperitif. It also
improves blood circulation, balance blood sugar levels and improves the immune
system, muscles and memory. Suma root is rich in saponin. (Up to 11%). The
saponins are beneficial for lowering cholesterol levels, and they offer many
other benefits.
• cacao tree Theobroma cacao,
or has more than 150 chemicals in their leaves, seeds, fruits and bark.
Different parts of the tree are used to be afraid to treat fever, fatigue and
cough. For hundreds of years, the plant is used for kidney stones and cuts and
burns, etc. to treat According to recent research, the polyphenols found in
chocolate, prevent heart disease.
• Annatto / Lipstick Tree Bixa
orellana or was used to things like insect repellent or drugs to lower blood
pressure or even to do Preparing for love potions. Recent research has allowed
its use in a variety of drugs and drink, or other useful things. The plant is
also used to treat snake bites. Carotenoids are pigments bixin or oil
installations in the plant that protects against UV rays. The plant is useful
in the treatment of heartburn.
Endangered plants: Numerous
plants in the rainforest are threatened with extinction. Orchids, Rafflesia,
some species of bamboo are some examples triunia robusta. According to
available statistics, 23 species are already extinct in the wild, 151 species
are endangered, 274 endangered species and 688 species are rare. These plants
are endangered in the next 10-50 years when strong measures are taken to halt
their decline. Long-term effects of fire, weeds and pests on crops, grazing
pressure from the national figures and animals such as rabbits, changing
patterns of fire, the spread of weeds, loss of natural habitat through clearing
for grazing, urban development and agriculture are the main reasons for the
decline of species.
Tropical forests are virtual
libraries of chemical invention, which found drugs like quinine, muscle relaxants,
steroids and cancer drugs. So many new drugs have yet to be discovered.
Research is underway to develop effective drugs against AIDS, cancer, diabetes,
arthritis and Alzheimer's disease, etc. According to experts, to discover, we
are losing 137 species of plants, animals and insects per day, because of
deforestation, to 50,000 species per year or less. With the disappearance of
certain species of plants, could be deprived of fatal diseases of many kinds of
remedies.
